All the options include urban redevelopment and increased density. Option 4 is the only option that limits the housing to just urban redevelopment and increased density, all the other options add additional housing by taking the Green Belt as well as urban redevelopment. For this reason, we recommend you respond to the questionnaire by choosing option 4, as this is the least damaging to our area.
Click on the different option tabs below to view more details about each option. For a more comprehensive breakdown of why Option 4 is best, click Option 4 is Best
This option would deliver all development of 9,345 new homes but would require all housing sites in the future to be delivered at very high densities of over 85 dwellings per hectare. This would be over double the current density average and would lead to taller buildings than currently in the urban area.
This option would deliver approximately 6,800 new homes across the existing urban area and within three Key Strategic Areas. Not all of the land contained within the key strategic areas is suitable or available for development. Significant Green Belt areas would be lost. In total, the three sites if removed from the Green Belt could deliver approximately 1,400 homes. The council would need to decide whether or not there are exceptional circumstances to alter the Green Belt boundary.
This option could deliver approximately 16,300 new homes across the existing urban area and 618 hectares of land removed from the Green Belt. The council would need to decide whether or not there are exceptional circumstances to alter the Green Belt boundary.
This option would deliver approximately 5,300 new homes over the next 15 years. We would continue to promote the use of good design to ensure the most effective use of all brownfield and urban land. Green Belt would NOT be changed.
If all 33 small areas of Green Belt were included in the final plan, this option could deliver approximately 9,400 new homes across the existing urban area and within 338 hectares of land removed from the Green Belt. The council would need to decide whether or not there are exceptional circumstances to alter the Green Belt boundary.
Option 4 is the Best option >
