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Sustainable housing patterns and density

The Council encourages more sustainable housing patterns with increased density in accessible locations such as town centres and areas with good public transport access.

It is also important to encourage more sustainable patterns of housing development, with increased density of housing development in accessible locations, such as town centres and other locations which benefit from convenient access to the public transport network.

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