No

Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 2692

Received: 15/02/2017

Respondent: Elizabeth Sands

Representation Summary:

The claim to be able to provide affordable housing in the area is false. Builders set the price of housing by reference to local levels. As an example, on the new development at Middlefield Springs, The cost of a very small 2 bedroomed house with no garage is advertised as £310,000.

Full text:

I have made a very late decision to respond within the consultation period. I had decided that as a resident of Knowle, any comments would be dismissed as "Nimbyism". However this decision is perhaps defeatism at its worst, so I request that you please give consideration to my views in the attached document.