greenfield and brownfield
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- Created on: 04-06-17 13:56
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- The changing economy of the UK
- Brownfield site
- Longbridge, Birmingham
- COSTS
- neighbouring shops in Northfields losing business
- house prices rising because of demand for the new houses - may mean local people can't afford to live there
- BENEFITS
- 40 apartments beside park
- new hotel
- 10 000 new jobs
- three new green parks created
- eases pressure on nearby greenbelt
- new shopping centre including a large Sainsbury's and community facilities
- 2000 new homes on 468 acre site
- Bourneville College relocated into new site costing £66 million
- COSTS
- Longbridge, Birmingham
- Greenfield site
- Dudley, West Midlands
- COSTS
- it will add to traffic congestion in an area that is already very congested
- an already built up area is losing valuable green space for the development
- new infrastructure is required, such as drains, electricity, gas and roads
- the development is not sustainable because of the pressure on greenfield sites
- COSTS
- BENEFITS
- pleasant environment as greenbelt countryside around the site
- easier to build on because there are no old buildings to demolish and no pollution to clean up
- 334 homes (27 two bedroom flats, 126 three bedroom, 128 four bedroom, 8 five bedroomed houses) will be built
- Dudley, West Midlands
- Brownfield site
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