Coldean Residents Association Update – Coldean Lane Housing Development

Latest TV News Editor, Mark Walker, speaks to Rose Bunker from Coldean Residents Association. Coldean Residents’ Association Secretary, Rose, who has co-ordinated a petition to save the green space, said: “A decade or so ago, an urban study conducted by the council proposed this area for designation as a Local Nature Reserve”. “It said that ‘the steep incline has rendered it undevelopable’ so how is it now considered suitable for 242 dwellings in high-rise blocks?” The proposals to build on the site are within the City Plan Part Two.

This is the council’s framework for policy decisions and serves, in part, to encourage developers to build in a certain way. City Plan Part One was adopted in March 2016 and sets a framework in which all development decisions are made until 2030. Part Two “supports implementation and delivery” of Part One by allocating additional development sites and setting detailed objectives. Mark finds out more.