People’s comments on the Fifth Capital proposals
- SPD10 7.2 Affordable Housing 7.2.1 shows affordable housing as 30% – why has this been ignored? 7.2.2 Family Housing having gardens at ground floor level. Where is the provision on site for the block backing onto the rear of Hepburn Road?
- Fear that flats will be bought off-plan or as investment opportunities.
- Lack of affordable housing.
- Buy to rent market? Will buyers buy flats and rent at high prices forcing lower paid workers out?
- No provision of social housing – no homes available for rent.
- Who are these apartments really for?
- Where is the social rented property?
- Will homes be sold on the open market?
- How quickly will be for sale?
- How many at a time?
- Any priority for local people?
- Will they be available under help to buy scheme?
- Is it right that family homes are adjacent to a bail hostel?
- What provision will there be for internal community space?
- Need to know who will live there – need cohesion with wider community especially St Pauls.
- There is no social housing – shared equity does not count.
- Too many single flats, too few family homes.
- SPD10 – local Plan to encourage family and affordable housing.
- Lack of affordable homes – only 7%. SPD10 says 30%.
- Poor mix of tenure with no homes for rent.
- Concerns about buy-to-let opportunities.
- Lacks any thought about need for social housing and community businesses.
- Who will live there? If market decides how fit with locality? Social housing – need some. No more gated communities. What about access – public right of way?