Housing Consultation Results

During October and November we ran a consultation through the Special Contacts asking for your views on where we should build homes in the borough. The consultation was an informal one, and is one of a number of consultations that the council has done and will be doing on this subject.

The next formal stage of consultation will be the publication of the Pre submission Draft Aligned Core Strategy expected around February next year and there will be an opportunity for people to comment further – this will be a formal statutory consultation. This draft planning strategy will then be examined by an independent Inspector from the Planning Inspectorate later in 2012.

Question 1 - Where should we build the houses?

Option	% of respondents	No. of respondents
Top Wighay Farm	44%	1,455
New Farm	3.4%	114
Villages	13.5%	445
Mapperley Golf Course	38%	1,291
Total		3,308

Option	No. of respondents
Top Wighay Farm	1455
New Farm	114
Villages	445
Mapperley Golf Course	1291

Question 2 - Reasons for chosing - key reasons

Option 1 (Top Wighay Farm)

• Least disruption to green belt land/environment (25%)

Followed by:-

• Availability of adequate infrastructure/transport links (18%)
• Potential to provide larger number/wider choice of housing in area (16%)

Option 2 (New Farm)

• Availability of public services/amenities in the area (24%)

Closely followed by:-

• Availability of adequate infrastructure/transport links (22%)
• Least disruption to green belt land/environment (15%)

Option 3 (villages)

• Option will not stretch existing resources/impact on existing communities (45% - this was the key reason given, by some margin)

Option 4 (Mapperley Golf Course/Gedling Colliery)

• Least disruption to green belt land/environment (28%)

Followed by:-

• Area is currently underused (20%)