| Why are more homes needed in Broxbourne? | ||
| New housing is needed
because the Borough is an attractive and popular location in which to live,
because young people set up home earlier, there are more single-person
households, and more people are living longer and staying in
their own homes.
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The County Structure Plan provides for 65,000 new houses to meet the County’s needs between 1991 and 2011. Most of the planned new development is directed to the north of the County. Broxbourne’s share of 5,400 homes represents a lower rate of development than in the past. | |
| Since 1991, 2,200 new homes have been completed (to April 1999)
and sites already with planning permission will provide another 1,900 homes.
Many of the new houses built in recent years have been fairly large
properties reflecting how developers view the local market, but the area
now needs more flats, affordable housing for rent accommodation for the
elderly and special needs groups.
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| The new development plan
will need to find land for 1,300 more dwellings up to 2011.
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| New homes: where will they go ? | ||
| Firstly, We need to make the most of the Borough’s
built-up areas. The Government wants at least 60% of housing sites to be
found on previously developed land, such as derelict sites and redundant
buildings.
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| Making the best use of land could also mean permitting development at higher densities. This could be achieved by encouraging developments providing flats rather than houses (but not high-rise flats), homes with smaller gardens and reduced car parking space. Would you consider that increasing the density of development of our built-up areas would be acceptable if it means less Green Belt land is taken? | ||
| What about the Green Belt ? | ||
| The Council is also concerned to preserve as much as
possible of the Green Belt.
Only if there are insufficient sites for housing within the built-up area, will it consider locations on the edge of the built-up area for development. |
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