Parking for proposed Griffin Park development.
Is it just me or does the parking and street space for the new development seem non existent. I think the layout looks very similar to other new developments nearby but they all have underground car parking. Each new property has one parking space allocated which appears to be a garage with no front of house parking. I find in my experience often people with houses and a internal garage convert the garage to a dumping area and place the car outside in the street. As a lot of the properties are 3-5 bedrooms that will likely mean families with at least one and sometimes two cars. A 3-5 bedroom townhouse will likely cost £7-800,000 so some "middle class" families may have larger people movers or 4x4 type cars that will likely not fit inside the garages. There are 75 properties going to be located in a relatively small area. Where do they park to clean their cars, load the family in and out, unload the groceries, etc? It's difficult to do that in a cluttered garage. Add to that friends, family and the odd workman, I believe it's going to get very competitive for parking to the areas in and around the development which will create more parking stress, and a reduction in effectiveness, and safety of the local roading network, which will disadvantage existing residents. .
Warrick Chamberlain ● 3674d4 Comments