Object

Representation ID: 3047

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Alison Tribe

Clever design of housing developments will help the Council not only to meet it's housing targets without having to build on Green Belt and Greenfield sites, but will also help to create settlements that are more cohesive and sustainable. I am not a Town Planner, but even a brief amount of research provides evidence that pleasant living environments can be created with a housing density of at least 50dph. ( For example, http://www.sustainablesuburbia.co.uk/webpages/Presentation2.html, and https://www.cprelondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/DoubleTheDensityHalveTheLandNeeded_1.pdf). I would therefore want to see point B read as 'Unless site specific considerations indicate otherwise; developments should achieve minimum density of 50 dwellings per hectare (net'). Inclusion of the phrase 'Unless site specific considerations indicate otherwise' allows for a lower density when this is necessary.