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Chris Packham gives his views on housebuilding in Kent
KentOnline / KMTV
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21/11/2024
Chris Packham gives his views on housebuilding in Kent
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Kent is an area where lots of people live, and we need houses for more people to live there.
00:06
So what we're going to see in the next few years is a lot of proposals for development.
00:11
I think we need to be realistic and we need to be critical.
00:14
We need those new houses, but we need the right houses built in the right way, put in the right place.
00:20
So let's think about right houses to start with.
00:22
They should all have solar roofs, they should all be insulated to a very high standard,
00:26
which currently house building standards in the UK don't require.
00:30
What's the point of building a house and then people not being able to afford to heat it due to an energy crisis?
00:35
Grey water. We know we're going to face water shortages in the future.
00:38
So water storage, where you collect water from the roof to use for flushing your toilet, etc., is really important.
00:45
We should be transitioning to electric vehicles at this point.
00:49
They're not going to save the world, but certainly having a charging point on those houses where appropriate should be mandatory.
00:55
And then, you know, considering biodiversity, both, you know, the impact of building the houses in the first place
01:00
and also how we can sculpt the gardens and green spaces amongst those houses to satisfy biodiversity going forward.
01:07
And that's not just about Chris wanting lots of wildlife.
01:10
That's about people having access for dog walking, walking, mental health, physical health, exercise, so on and so forth.
01:17
So we know how to build good houses. We know how to build them well.
01:21
And we know really we know where they should go.
01:24
But I do fear that at some point we're going to be asking to put them in the wrong place with the wrong types of mitigation.
01:29
And at that point, we do have to stand up and say, look, this is not a good idea.
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