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Site Proposals document
Representation ID: 14854
Received: 20/03/2018
Respondent: Mr Nick Matthews
- Less green space
- Previous new accommodation is too expensive, we should not be making more
- Ponies homes
This proposed development will further reduce the green space available to UEA students and locals, potentially impacting on student numbers. The locations are a used as a break from the stress of exams, coursework and the other consequences of being a student - removing them could impact on the mental wellbeing of students. Area F currently occupied by the Little Tinkers Pony Sanctuary, which is home to abused and abandoned ponies. Any plans made should account for the relocation of these ponies to other safe havens.
Further, none of the accommodation development UEA has done in recent years has benefited anyone other than the university bank manager. None of the new accommodation is affordable, and its expense has resulted in higher rents in the private sector. I can not see any future development being any different - leave the valley green.