PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments·Page 5·1.2
Threats to Local Character from Residential Development
New residential development can threaten local character and identity through cumulative loss of environmental quality. Housing developments on the fringes of settlements have often been designed without regard for surrounding context, local distinctiveness, or sense of place, and tend to prioritize the private car over open space and landscaping.
New residential development, wherever it occurs, can however threaten local character and identity. A cumulative loss of environmental quality has already become apparent as substantial housing areas, often devised with little appreciation of surrounding context, local character, distinctiveness or a sense of place, have taken shape around the fringes of our cities, towns and villages. Such developments have tended to be designed around the requirements of the private car and often lack adequate provision of open space or landscaping.
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