This is more for the benefit of property owners in Lower Mill (which is surrounded by lakes) although it does have wider relevance. To allay any concerns: we’ve not experienced any problems with flooding on the site whatsoever.

As background: before we drew up a single plan or commissioned a single architectural drawing, we undertook an extensive hydrological study of the site, and an environmental impact assessment.

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Whatever it is, exactly, that the Green Paper on housebuilding says, we know that there’s a phenomenal target that needs to be met over the coming years. The bad news is three million homes can’t be delivered in a responsible way by current housebuilders who’re interested in realising the maximum possible margins out of development land. In crude parlance, the term is “return on dirt”.

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Now there’s an idea - something that I’ve been interested in for a long time.  I’ll be speaking to someone called Philippe about this in a couple of weeks.  Expect some developments in mid-August.