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Homes Plan Could Create 'Characterless Urban Sprawl'

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
29 April 2003 - 1:00pm

A plan to build hundreds of thousands of new homes in south-east England is "unsustainable" and could promote sprawl.

"'Characterless urban sprawl' could be created by government plans to build 200,000 new homes in south-east England, MPs have warned.In a strongly-worded report a cross-party inquiry said the impact of the scheme had not been properly considered and that it could cost as much as £20bn to provide facilities like schools, hospitals and transport.The MPs said the environmental effects of the building work could be "unsustainable", with excessive pressure on the countryside and on water supplies in the driest area of Britain. "

Full Story: Warning over new homes plan
Source: BBC News, April 28, 2003
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