Developers will only bring us more car-dependent sprawl | Letters

2026-02-17 - 18:03

Jon Reeds on low-density developments, plus a letter from Richard Eltringham It is disappointing to see the huge urban sprawl at Gilston, north of Harlow, described as rejecting “car‐centric models” (A new town for the 21st century?, 9 February). Big, ultra-low-density developments like this, far from rail-transit networks, are inevitably car-dependent, despite claims by their promoters. It takes more than building the primary schools necessitated by such schemes to get people out of their cars, especially as walks to school are extended by the very low densities secured by huge consumption of productive farmland. Continue reading...