Those jolly residents of Poundbury

Poundbury, for those of you who don't know, is Prince Charles's vision of what good sub-urban planning is all about. It was basically the expansion of the county town of Dorchester, built on Duchy of Cornwall land. And it sucks, beyond the telling. It's basically, high-density, replication of what (some people think) traditional English villages used to look like. It is highly regarded in some quarters, though, no-one ever goes there in the evenings. This is kinda pertinent, because English villages were never designed for lots of cars, and it shows.

Anyway, some of the current residents, are (of course) opposed to future expanison plans, so setting aside the obvious irony (i.e that 10 years ago, people were objecting to their homes), it strikes me this is a microcosm of the wider debate.

Everyone wants a home, and a great many people believe they should be built...........somewhere else! It's not a mature or sustainable view guys.

(I need to confess an interest in this. For many years of my life, I worked in development for a number of different housebuilders.)