Comment

Representation ID: 23046

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Hingham Town Council

Having a policy specifically relating to specialist housing in particular to that of older peoples accommodation does not take into account or directly address the needs of older people generally, who reside within general accommodation within developments, for instances people that may wish to downsize from a house to a bungalow, it does not take into account that these people will grow older while in their home and may have greater needs as they age. Therefore ALL development should address the need for residents to have good access to services within the community, and infrastructure within the community be improved sufficiently to be able to provide this, for example adequate footways and pedestrian priority crossing points.