Housing & Planning - Background

By Stephan
Jan 14, 2008 - 3:11:00 PM

Context

Initial public consultation highlighted a number of issues relating to planning and housing, including:

• A perceived shortage of affordable housing (especially for younger people);
• Potential threats to the character of the village and to the surrounding green belt posed by development policy;
• Village demographic is changing;
• An Appraisal & Management Plan for Keyworth Conservation Area is likely to be developed over the coming months.
  

The Village Plan provides us with an opportunity to say what we like and dislike about Keyworth, and also how we would like to see Keyworth develop in the future.

The inclusion of a Village Design Statement will allow us to describe these likes and dislikes in a more formal manner, and to develop a set of guidelines for future development within the village.

We will encourage Rushcliffe Borough Council to adopt our Village Design Statement as a Supplementary Planning Document, which would give additional strength to the views of our community in the planning process.