Support
New Local Plan
Representation ID: 3442
Received: 29/03/2019
Respondent: Southend Borough Council - Regeneration and Business Development
Development of the town should meet the changing needs of the residents, business and communities. To support this, the use of co-design processes should be used by those wishing to build/rebuild or redesign and develop in the borough. Public realm should invite people to use it and as a result be a space where people and communities meet and interact. It should reflect local character and diversity while being maintained to a common standard - so the materials used need to to reflect this.
Private outdoor space is important to individual health and wellbeing. Where this is not possible communal outdoor spaces, could be a substitute. A home zone, a living street which are designed primarily to meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, children and residents and where the speeds and dominance of the cars is reduced, would be a benefit to local communities, providing opportunities for play and social interaction and an increase of soft landscaping within the streetscape. The adoption of home zones could also be a benefit to health and reduce local air pollution.
The protection of existing public space, especially parks, gardens and play areas is important to the health of those who live, work and visit the borough.
Softening the look of the streetscape by encouraging the use of green driveways would not only benefit the look of the area it would have an impact on surface water including water retention and help reduce urban heat islands.
Development of the town should meet the changing needs of the residents, business and communities. To support this, the use of co-design processes should be used by those wishing to build/rebuild or redesign and develop in the borough. Public realm should invite people to use it and as a result be a space where people and communities meet and interact. It should reflect local character and diversity while being maintained to a common standard - so the materials used need to to reflect this.
Private outdoor space is important to individual health and wellbeing. Where this is not possible communal outdoor spaces, could be a substitute. A home zone, a living street which are designed primarily to meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, children and residents and where the speeds and dominance of the cars is reduced, would be a benefit to local communities, providing opportunities for play and social interaction and an increase of soft landscaping within the streetscape. The adoption of home zones could also be a benefit to health and reduce local air pollution.
The protection of existing public space, especially parks, gardens and play areas is important to the health of those who live, work and visit the borough.
Softening the look of the streetscape by encouraging the use of green driveways would not only benefit the look of the area it would have an impact on surface water including water retention and help reduce urban heat islands.