Gill Garrat
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Affordable housing - 2006/01/09 19:30
I cautiously welcome redevelopment of the area-I feel it is run down,unnattractive and as a woman,I dont feel safe walking through it after dark(ie late afternoon in the winter).
Although I could be classed as an 'incomer',having moved here 35 years ago to teach in local schools,I now regard Lewes as my home town.Furthermore my children now young adults,and many of their friends are happy at the prospect of renewal.
One of their (and my) main concerns is that there should be a high proportion of affordable housing.At present our young people have virtually no prospect of being able to buy property in their home town-my daughter is a newly -qualified teacher and certainly can't afford the mortgage necessary on her salary.If this provision were made in the development,it would answer some of the concerns about infrastructure-the development would be less about expansion(i.e. bringing new residents into the town) and more about natural development and evolution,providing for people who are already living here.
I hope these comments are a useful addition to a town wide debate on the plan.
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