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Comment

Representation ID: 25358

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Pigeon Investment Management Ltd

The town has not reached its potential in terms of retail or employment growth. The amount and type of new housing delivered in the Borough has been constrained for many years with under provision of good quality family housing as a result of the focus on high density development. This has constrained retail and employment growth. If projects like the northern fringe had been started say 15-20 years earlier then the growth of housing would have helped enhance the town centre through increased demand for retail services, and would have improved the local employment base by providing a greater workforce.