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Massive development also a threat to Harnham
A NEW community of 2,500 homes could be built on the A30 close to Porton Down to cope with a growing workforce.
The plan is to match homes to jobs and minimise strain on the local transport system. The reopening of Porton railway
station could also be part of the scheme.
If people cannot be persuaded to accept the new settlement, Firsdown residents could find most of the extra houses coming their way, with the rest being shared between the Laverstock and Alderbury areas.
In that case, Firsdown would be likely to get new facilities such as a primary school, community hall, shop and pub.
The only other option is to spread the extra houses
throughout the district.
But these are tough choices. The north-eastern fringes of the city will have to accommodate 500 new homes even without any of these extras, and residents of Firsdown, Laverstock and Alderbury have already told
planners they are reluctant to see their communities grow much more.
Whatever happens on the eastern side of the city, Harnham has been earmarked to fit 800 more homes into sites as yet unspecified, plus 60 off the Downton Road.
A further 850 - mainly aimed at key workers - are likely near Salisbury District Hospital. An additional development envisaged for Harnham is a major new business park along the Netherhampton Road, close to the livestock market.
This is intended to compensate for much of the employment space to be lost through the
redevelopment of the Churchfields Industrial Estate for mixed use, including 1,150 eco-homes, and through the redevelopment of the Southampton Road as a "green boulevard" gateway to the city.
Amesbury, meanwhile, is expected to gain 1,500 - and
possibly up to 2,000 - extra homes.
The Downton area, including villages such as Alderbury and Redlynch, would take 700 and, if other sites elsewhere in the
district are rejected, possibly 1,500.
All these developments would take place over the next 20 years, during which the Salisbury
district as a whole is required to provide a total of 12,400 new homes.
Just where to put them is a question which has been exercising the minds of council planners for some time now.
The result is the Core Strategy, a newly-published 192-page document which sets out a
variety of possible solutions for public consultation. The intention is that at least 40 per cent of the new homes will be "affordable". The possibility is also raised of an end to the blanket 40ft height limit on new building in the city itself.
The document offers a series of planning options for people to consider, with a deadline for replies of April 11, and the eventual outcome will guide development policy. To view it, go to www.salisbury.gov.uk/preferredoptions.
Although the precise location of individual housing
developments is not discussed, except for the biggest projects, some idea of where other new homes might go can be gained from the council's Draft Strategic Land Availability Assessment, which is also on its website.
9:34am Thursday 20th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: johnhayer, stoford on 2:50pm Thu 20 Mar 08
With current government policy this homes will be needed along with many many more beyond this period, but if we had a sane government who encouraged people to live or stay together through the tax and benifit system, and more importantly controlled or even suspended immigration untill the whole mess was sorted out, then they will not all be needed.The bottom line is we need a stable population so we are not always playing catch-up.
With current government policy this homes will be needed along with many many more beyond this period, but if we had a sane government who encouraged people to live or stay together through the tax and benifit system, and more importantly controlled or even suspended immigration untill the whole mess was sorted out, then they will not all be needed.The bottom line is we need a stable population so we are not always playing catch-up.
Posted by: qwerty38, wiltshire on 5:35pm Sat 22 Mar 08
soon we will need biger hospitals in wiltshire to cope with so meny more people moveing to the area closeing our needs down is no good to our health lets let goverment our mps know our needs,.
soon we will need biger hospitals in wiltshire to cope with so meny more people moveing to the area closeing our needs down is no good to our health lets let goverment our mps know our needs,.
Posted by: cassy, salisbury on 3:10pm Sun 23 Mar 08
This beautiful and unique city is about to become just like everywhere else-lots of new housing estates, awful concrete office blocks. too many people and too few doctors, schools, dentists etc. WHY are the people of Salisbury allowing this? The areas around Laverstock and Alderbury can not take any more houses, Bishopdown is big enough and if the council build any more there, Ford , as a village will disappear WHY? I know we need to provide some new housing but why so many? Does Salisbury have the infrastructure for all these people? Do we actually have jobs for them? Are we talking about our growing number of immigrants needing housing? I work in the NHS and see daily the impact they are having on resources.I am sorry if that offends but it is a FACT.Maybe a smaller developement out at Porton would take the strain of the city, but we will still be turning our green countryside into another housing estate. What a mess we are making of our country.
This beautiful and unique city is about to become just like everywhere else-lots of new housing estates, awful concrete office blocks. too many people and too few doctors, schools, dentists etc. WHY are the people of Salisbury allowing this? The areas around Laverstock and Alderbury can not take any more houses, Bishopdown is big enough and if the council build any more there, Ford , as a village will disappear WHY? I know we need to provide some new housing but why so many? Does Salisbury have the infrastructure for all these people? Do we actually have jobs for them? Are we talking about our growing number of immigrants needing housing? I work in the NHS and see daily the impact they are having on resources.I am sorry if that offends but it is a FACT.Maybe a smaller developement out at Porton would take the strain of the city, but we will still be turning our green countryside into another housing estate. What a mess we are making of our country.
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