PBR Part 2 - Housing Density Again
Sorry about the delay, I am just in the process of finishing my latest development and it has reached the stage where I am putting in physical labour myself in decoration etc.
However back to the PBR and increased housing numbers. One part of the solution is going to be increasing the expected density of housing on any site that is to be granted planning permission. I touched on this in an earlier post and now the proposal from the Government is mush clearer.
John Prescot has issued a revised draft for PPS3 (Planning Policy Statement). In this local Planning Authorities will be expected to look for the following densities of housing in residential planning applications.
City Centre, Above 70 dwellings per hectare (28 per acre)
Urban, 40 – 75 dwellings per hectare (16 – 30 per acre)
Suburban, 30 – 55 dwellings per hectare (12 – 22 per acre)
Rural, 30 – 40 dwellings per hectare (12 – 16 per acre)
Bear in mind that the previous density requirement was 30 – 50 dwellings per hectare and that many planners looked for developers to reach the mid point in this range and you will see that John Prescot is looking for a lot of new flats to be built to join the large number already going up.
It again means that by building at these densities we are increasing town cramming and may be building the slum areas of the future should fashions and values change. When this happens these developments will become the areas of deprivation and crime to add to those we already have.
The Government will say that they are bringing in a design code to ensure that this does not take place. However just think back – once tower blocks of flats were the fashionable solution and now we have been demolishing them because of the problems they created.
Next time I will look at the design code and the way it is supposed to speed up the planning system!
Stay tuned to Property Fortunes...
However back to the PBR and increased housing numbers. One part of the solution is going to be increasing the expected density of housing on any site that is to be granted planning permission. I touched on this in an earlier post and now the proposal from the Government is mush clearer.
John Prescot has issued a revised draft for PPS3 (Planning Policy Statement). In this local Planning Authorities will be expected to look for the following densities of housing in residential planning applications.
City Centre, Above 70 dwellings per hectare (28 per acre)
Urban, 40 – 75 dwellings per hectare (16 – 30 per acre)
Suburban, 30 – 55 dwellings per hectare (12 – 22 per acre)
Rural, 30 – 40 dwellings per hectare (12 – 16 per acre)
Bear in mind that the previous density requirement was 30 – 50 dwellings per hectare and that many planners looked for developers to reach the mid point in this range and you will see that John Prescot is looking for a lot of new flats to be built to join the large number already going up.
It again means that by building at these densities we are increasing town cramming and may be building the slum areas of the future should fashions and values change. When this happens these developments will become the areas of deprivation and crime to add to those we already have.
The Government will say that they are bringing in a design code to ensure that this does not take place. However just think back – once tower blocks of flats were the fashionable solution and now we have been demolishing them because of the problems they created.
Next time I will look at the design code and the way it is supposed to speed up the planning system!
Stay tuned to Property Fortunes...
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