PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments·Page 5·1.4
Protection of Established Residential Areas
When promoting more housing in urban areas, town cramming and damage to areas of distinctive townscape character must be avoided. In established residential areas, the overriding objective is to avoid significant erosion of local character, environmental quality, amenity, and privacy of existing residents.
The promotion of more housing in urban areas should not be allowed to result in town cramming or damage to areas of distinctive townscape character. In established residential areas the overriding objective will be to avoid any significant erosion of the local character and the environmental quality, amenity and privacy enjoyed by existing residents.
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