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Balanced communities
Balanced communities develop through time and cater for different stages of life. They are an important component in achieving attractive, diverse, inclusive and sustainable neighbourhoods.
Interim Planning Guidance for Affordable Housing (July 2006) is ensuring that all significant housing developments help to meet the identified need for affordable housing in the City.
Regeneration initiatives are seeking to transform the quality and popularity of neighbourhoods such as the Housing Market Renewal areas.
Design considerations
Providing choice through a mixture of dwellings - in terms of house types, size, affordability and accessibility;
Considering a tenure mix.
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