Comment

Draft Interim Policy Statement for Housing Development

Representation ID: 3577

Received: 10/07/2020

Respondent: Mrs Sue Milnes

Representation Summary:

Housing development should take into account the distance from employment and secondary education. The focus of affordable housing should be on housing for rent. Development should not be approved in areas with present or future flood risk.

Full text:

The policy statement needs to refer to the interaction between employment and education opportunity and housing provision. Although it is likely that home working will become far more of a norm post Covid 19, housing development does still need to take into account where employment and secondary education is available to ensure that new developments are appropriately sited to minimise commuting journeys. Therefore this should be a factor in any decision making on new development.
The focus for affordable housing should now be on providing housing for affordable rent and the interim statement should make this clear, given that it is likely post Covid that more people will struggle to get on the housing ownership ladder.
The restrictions on building in areas that are deemed liable to flooding risk in the near future e.g. the Manhood peninsula, should be more stringent to avoid future disasters.