Case Study 5: Planning Issues in Built Environment
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- Created on: 11-05-14 08:49
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- Case Study 5: Planning Issues in built-up environments - SUFFOLK
- LOCATION: Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal District.
- Plans
- East of England Plan identified the need for 500k new homes and 10k new homes in SCD
- 1,600 homes built SE of Ipswich
- Sustainable designed homes
- Sustainable housing communities
- Reducing social, economic, environmental impacts
- Stakeholders views
- Jobs for local builders and developers
- Spoil views of local residents (NIMBY)
- Conservationists object to building on greenfields site as its bad for environment
- Haulier companies would object because they'd want lorry parks nearby
- STAG villagers who are concerned about buildings btwn the villages
- Villages of Trimley St Martin and Trimley St Mary
- Save Felixstwe Countryside group object to damaging landscape /pollution
- Greenfields Site = Development site where old buildings are demolished before a new site takes place
- SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
- Building on brownfield (not greenfield) sites
- Jobs available
- Houses on lower incomes
- Access for disabled/elderly
- Facilities for people of all ages
- Less energy used (more reusuable)
- More public transport used (less cars)
- Why are more houses needed?
- Growing population (increased birth rate)
- More migrants moving to UK
- People live longer
- More people living alone (after divorce)
- Greater demand in London/ SE England
- Need 240k homes per year
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