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Representation ID: 23278
Received: 03/03/2021
Respondent: Mr Phil Gledhill
Initiatives such as Cluster Villages are designed to reduce reliance upon vehicle use for primary school trips. However, in reality this could prove of negligible benefit given many currently living near the schools still use the car. Non Cluster Villages will be starved of new housing and expansion opportunities. With electric car sales increasing significantly at last we need to see new initiatives now such as the compulsory installation of vehicle charging points in new houses. This particularly applies to rural areas where plug-in hybrids are a sensible option given greater distances travelled.
Initiatives such as Cluster Villages are designed to reduce reliance upon vehicle use for primary school trips. However, in reality this could prove of negligible benefit given many currently living near the schools still use the car. Non Cluster Villages will be starved of new housing and expansion opportunities. With electric car sales increasing significantly at last we need to see new initiatives now such as the compulsory installation of vehicle charging points in new houses. This particularly applies to rural areas where plug-in hybrids are a sensible option given greater distances travelled.