UPDATE PG7 Moving house, planning approved for 200 houses what would you do?

[bluedave]

It would be a definite ‘no’ from me. I like a relatively peaceful garden so we can sit out and relax. Backing onto so many family homes - affordable or not would/could make for a very noisy garden.

[Island mamma]

Would depend how many storeys the houses backing on to you will have. If they are two storey houses you could plant a nice hedge at your side of the back fence and pretty much block your view of the houses at the back from your ground floor and garden. I would check the planning permission and take it from there

[Excitedx4]

Good idea I need to look into it more I think 😊

[Twin mummy]

The bit that would worry me from the article is the part that said something like "the police have suggested measures to stop anti-social behaviour".

I'd also be worried how many storeys, can tell if it's houses or flats backing on to the property and just how high density housing it would be for noise transference across the gardens. It only takes 1 neighbour to play loud music/have dogs that are allowed to bark/ kids with no boundaries/ loud parties to make a nuisance so the higher density the houses the more likely one may do those things.

[Excitedx4]

Yep that part worried me about the police and anti social part!

[lov2dibb]

Will the trees behind the fence stay?
It would help mitigate any privacy issues if they did.
Personally those plans look okay to me as they're all behind you so no need to drive past or interact to a high degree.
And maybe you could use the news to get a better price on the property.

[Loulou127]

I would wonder if the current owners knew about this and is it why they are selling?

[Excitedx4]

No the current sellers are splitting up, live in the same house and don’t talk at all (would love to know why &#128584! They did tell us houses were being built but now I’ve found out about these affordable houses!

[BevS97]

Looking at those picture they don’t look like high flats. Those markings look like houses which could be two or three story (3 story town homes are very common on new estates around here as they can get a 4 bed on a smaller plot.

[Anne]

Would be a huge no from me.

We have yet another new estate going up in our town. There are not enough parking spaces for the inevitable number of cars. The current roads can't cope with the traffic we have now and a link road that was supposed to be built still hasn't been built over 10 years down the line. Current drains can't cope either. Don't even get me started on schools, doctors and dentists. I really don't understand how they can get planning.

As an aside I wouldn't hold my breath for any of the money going from the developer to the NHS, open space and highways that the article mentions. £20,000 for highways won't go far when there could be 400+ extra cars at the new development.