In a message dated 25/02/2008 11:21:31 GMT Standard Time,
Ian.Brewster@xxxxx.gov.uk writes:
The trend nowadays is for 'postage stamp' sized fronts and backs. No
room for tree growth here with their spreading twig/leaf area to reduce
the speed of rain fall, another factor with regard to flash flooding.
Are there any statistics anywhere with regard to what we are actually
building? Round here developers will actually split a site in half so they
don't
reach the scale where they have to build affordable (read small) units.
They'd
rather stick to the executive detached type things which despite their
general
loathesome-ness usually have somewhat more space for decent trees.
I've a site up the road where just that is happening; my argument that this
leads to the nearby trees having 2 developments over a longer period and that
being more detrimental don't seem to carry much weight.
Not that I'm saying that housing density isn't going up, obviously it is.....
Bill.
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