Building sustainable communities

摘要

The pandemic has fuelled demand for neighbourhoods where everything is on your doorstep and it's a trend that works well for areas like St Helens. The borough has consistently outstripped its housing targets in recent years and is home to some of the largest developments in the city region.Mark Bousfield, director of commercial development and investment at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, describes St Helens as a microcosm of the housing divide.'It's an interesting housing market,' he says. 'You have million-pound homes in the greener bits and signs of market failure in others. The real challenge for places like St Helens is how you develop urban led, high density liveability.'Its Local Plan will see 7,290 homes built over the next 15 years - 30% of which will be affordable, and more than two-thirds will be on brownfield land.