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Stand Up For Seaton (SU4S)

Community Action for Seaton's Regeneration Area, 80% owned by Tesco - a floodplain on a World Heritage site bordered by nature reserves, tidal river, the sea and the unspoilt town. SU4S is a state of mind - no members, no structure, no politics. SU4S has objected to 2 planning applications by Tesco, including one for a massive superstore/dot com distribution centre which led to the recent closure on the site of 400 tourist beds with the loss of 150 jobs,a gym and pool - all used by locals.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Too many high-rise small homes causes social imbalance

“Hyperdense development in inappropriate locations is in danger of
destroying attempts to create community cohesion in the Thames Gateway
project [a massive development on the floodplain of the River Thames].

The report says that “naïve and over-generalised planning guidance” has
helped to create a situation “frankly inimical to the creation of mixed
communities”. It adds that the development of too many high rise blocks
could create the conditions for “social imbalance, economic failure and
ethnic tension”.

The report follows the publication of statistics showing that 90% of
recent development in the Lower Lea Valley consists of only one and two
bedroomed flats.”

This type of accommodation is built because it gives maximum profit and
is sold quickly. We won’t be getting this in Seaton will we? Well,
perhaps, as the Liatris planning calls for many 3, 4 and 5 storey blocks.

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