Comment
Greater Cambridge Local Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 56531
Received: 22/11/2021
Respondent: Mr Dave Kelleway
We need to get away from the obsession with higher densities.
We have for a long time permitted far too dense building, which has led to lower internal space and external private amenity space standards, leading to family homes totally unsuitable for bringing up a family (i.e. the "Swifts" development at Fulbourn) and a myriad of "Rabbit hutch" type blocks of flats.
These are the slums of tomorrow, with a built in encouragement of anti-social behaviour, crime, anxiety and mental ill-health.
We need proper family homes with generous gardens.
We need to get away from the obsession with higher densities.
We have for a long time permitted far too dense building, which has led to lower internal space and external private amenity space standards, leading to family homes totally unsuitable for bringing up a family (i.e. the "Swifts" development at Fulbourn) and a myriad of "Rabbit hutch" type blocks of flats.
These are the slums of tomorrow, with a built in encouragement of anti-social behaviour, crime, anxiety and mental ill-health.
We need proper family homes with generous gardens.