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Middleton Parish Plan

More than 200 villagers came along to the Our Village, Our Future event on 29 and 30 January to find out more about the Parish Plan for Cottingham and to share their thoughts and aspirations for the future.

Listed below are all the comments from the day. If you would like to respond or add to these comments, please email jane@cottinghamnews.co.uk

Building and Development

• I agree with new housing in the village. If we get a village hall also. I think shared ownership housing would be a good thing
• Affordable housing for the young of the village
• I agree to building new houses in Cottingham as long as we get a new village hall
• New affordable housing for young people to stay in the village if they want to
• Affordable housing is worth our support in its own right. If we fail to initiate a scheme the possibility remains of developers using it as a sweetener for major new build schemes (Uppingham have successfully sued David Wilson Homes for failing to honour this sort of commitment)
• Children of parents from the village unable to stay in the village due to executive priced homes being built
• I have no criticism of new houses’ pastiche architecture. At least there is an attempt to remain in keeping with the rest of the village.
• No more huge houses built in small spaces creating ill-conceived haphazard housing development not to mention building out of character with the surroundings
• No more unsympathetic development in what is a conservation area. We do not want to be urbanised!
• Observe current village envelope – no more whole ‘mini estates’ or large scale developments
• No more backland development
• No future development outside existing boundary
• No large scale development – infill OK so long as in keeping
• I think too much development not in keeping with village (+1)
• Sewer can’t take more houses nor can school accommodate more kids

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