S.O.S Save our Villages - Proposed answers to the Local Plan Update Questionnaire
| Question Number | Area of borough | Issue | Response |
| 1 | All | Concentrating or dispersing new housing: Do you agree that the new housing we need should be built in new communities, which would be built with their owns schools, roads, community and sports facilities and other associated infrastructure | This is a leading question and sets out to lead to proposing major development at Grazeley. I support a lower number of houses spread evenly across the borough adjacent to existing communities with good connectivity. |
| 2 | All | Where in the borough are the best opportunities to establish new communities, which include such things as local centres, schools and improved sustainable transport links. | This is a leading question and sets out to lead to proposing major development at Grazeley. I support a lower number of houses spread evenly across the borough adjacent to existing communities with good connectivity. This proposition risks setting local communities against each other. |
| 3 | All | Do you agree the borough’s future development need for homes, jobs and other uses should be spread across the whole borough, regardless of whether it could be concentrated in new communities or dispersed in existing villages and towns? | I support a lower number of houses spread evenly across the borough adjacent to existing communities with good connectivity. |
| 4 | All | Do you agree that future housing development include affordable housing? | Yes. Prices are too high for our own children to have option to live near their families and friends |
| 5 | All | Are there any specific types of affordable housing you would support? Shared ownership, Social rented housing, Affordable rented housing, Starter homes, discounted market sales, Rent-to-buy, Key worker housing, Other | Sustainable affordable models that are not just affordable at the initial sale. |
| 6 | All | Do you agree with being more flexible with building heights, parking standards and development densities, where a range of shops or other services are within walking distance, such as towns and district centres. | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 7 | All | Which locations in the borough do you feel best suited to being more flexible with building heights and development densities | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 8 | All | What types of housing, jobs, or other uses do you think are most suitable in the areas you identified in the previous question e.g. apartments, small houses, affordable/council housing, older persons housing, offices, etc. | A mix for all types of residents including families and single people but with access to decent out door space as well as town centre facilities. All types of employment except noxious processing and all types of employer. |
| 9 | All | Do you agree with meeting employment needs in the following locations? i) Town and district centres ii) Existing employment estates and locations iii) Land adjacent to existing employment estates and locations iv) New locations | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 10 | All | Do you agree with being more flexible with building heights on exiting employment estates to create more useable space without need to increase the amount of land? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 11 | All | Which employment areas/locations do you feel are best suited to being more flexible with building heights? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. This could include Thames Valley Park with a new North Woodley station, Winnersh Triangle with more train services and Molly Millar Lane. Policy should resist loss of employment space in these high connectivity areas. |
| Western Urban Area (WAU) | |||
| 12 | WAU | Are there any locations in the “Western urban Area” which you feel are suited to being more flexible with building heights and development densities? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 13 | WAU | With regard to the land that has been promoted in this area, would you support the development of any specific area of land? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 14 | WAU | Do you have any comments on any of the promoted areas of land in the “Western urban Area” | Land with poor utilities connectivity and in flood plain or lacking opportunities for drainage should not be developed |
| 15 | WAU | Are there any other opportunities for development that have not currently been promoted here? | No comment |
| Wokingham Area (WA) | |||
| 16 | WA | Are there any locations in the “Wokingham Area” which you feel are suited to being more flexible with building heights and development densities? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 17 | WA | With regard to the land that has been promoted in this area, would you support the development of any specific area of land? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 18 | WA | Do you have any comments on any of the promoted areas of land in the “Wokingham Area” | Land with poor utilities connectivity and in flood plain or lacking opportunities for drainage should not be developed |
| 19 | WA | Are there any other opportunities for development that have not currently been promoted here? | No comment |
| Southwestern Area (SWA) | |||
| 20 | SWA | Are there any locations in the “South Western Area” which you feel are suited to being more flexible with building heights and development densities? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 21 | SWA | With regard to the land that has been promoted in this area, would you support the development of any specific area of land? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 22 | SWA | Do you have any comments on any of the promoted areas of land in the “South Western Area” | Land with poor utilities connectivity and in flood plain or lacking opportunities for drainage should not be developed |
| 23 | SWA | Are there any other opportunities for development that have not currently been promoted here? | No comment |
| Southeastern Area (SEA) | |||
| 24 | SEA | Are there any locations in the “South Eastern Area” which you feel are suited to being more flexible with building heights and development densities? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 25 | SEA | With regard to the land that has been promoted in this area, would you support the development of any specific area of land? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 26 | SEA | Do you have any comments on any of the promoted areas of land in the “South Eastern Area” | Land with poor utilities connectivity and in flood plain or lacking opportunities for drainage should not be developed |
| 27 | SEA | Are there any other opportunities for development that have not currently been promoted here? | No comment |
| Northern Area (NA) | |||
| 28 | NA | Are there any locations in the “Northern Area” which you feel are suited to being more flexible with building heights and development densities? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 29 | NA | With regard to the land that has been promoted in this area, would you support the development of any specific area of land? | This should be supported where high-quality facilities and transport connectivity are available to all parts of the borough and region. Includes locations with high quality frequent rail services or where such services can be delivered with a new railway station. |
| 30 | NA | Do you have any comments on any of the promoted areas of land in the “Northern Area” | Land with poor utilities connectivity and in flood plain or lacking opportunities for drainage should not be developed |
| 31 | NA | Are there any other opportunities for development that have not currently been promoted here? | No comment |