tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post5789699685313412066..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Stinsford and Poundbury.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-30349216632476478472007-11-26T10:51:00.000+01:002007-11-26T10:51:00.000+01:00D J-E - its an interesting concept, but I'm not ...D J-E - its an interesting concept, but I'm not sure how it can be exported to Wales. I don't think the Duchy use tendering as a way of selecting builders, but work up the design with local builders. Also there is a determination to mix small units of social housing amongst the 'posh' houses. Poundbury is a a living, working village/town. Key to the concept is traffic managemnt, private living space and a refusal to accept uniformity. I'm sure most planners I've talked to would be antagonistic to some aspects of the concept. I would like to go down there again and discuss the whole project with the Duchy. We should try to arrange it with Darren Millar who speaks for this sort of issue for the Assembly Conservatives sometime.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-66507013680965524072007-11-26T08:41:00.000+01:002007-11-26T08:41:00.000+01:00This is the type of concept we should be promoting...This is the type of concept we should be promoting in Wales, albeit on a smaller scale. <BR/><BR/>We should be focusing on developing smaller blocks of affordable sustainable housing to revitalise our villages in rural areas rather than allowing massive developments to take place in urban centres. It could save the village post-office, pub and primary school as long as the housing goes to local families.Professor Dylan Jones-Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325540579875328746noreply@blogger.com