Support
New Local Plan
Representation ID: 3726
Received: 02/04/2019
Respondent: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council - Parks and Open Spaces
Development of the town should meet the changing needs of residents, business and communities. To support this, the use of co-design posses should be used by those wishing to build and develop in the borough.
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 residents, business and communities. To support this, the use of co-design posses should be used by those wishing to build and develop in the borough.
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.