Object

Representation ID: 3557

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: NEAT

Housing Need and Requirement

This policy is allowing housing growth to continue unchecked.
What will be the consequences of this? Bradford will become even more densely built on, with associated deterioration in mental and physical health. People from other areas that have not chosen not to build more houses at whatever cost (e.g. Lakes District, West Dorset, Surrey) will gravitate to areas such as Bradford, thus feeding the demand rather than reducing it. Eventually, there will be an even more marked social segregation, with the poor in urban ghettoes whilst the affluent can afford to live in areas where green/open space has been protected.

Key amendment: Change the word housing" to accommodation.
Don't even think about building on open space until every disused/under-used commercial property has been renovated for accommodation.