Changes to Prince William rural area to be considered Tuesday The McCoart Building at the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge.
Prince William County leaders on Tuesday will be asked to make changes to the long-established Rural Crescent, a 117,000-acre tract of land consuming more than half of the county, where new development is limited to a minimum of 10-acre lots and water and sewer lines are banned.
County staff will recommend the Board of County Supervisors adopt a Rural Area Plan an update to the county’s comprehensive plan from 2008 that would allow for new “rural character” areas, allowing for new cluster developments where new homes could be built on lots as small three acres.
‘Rescuing’ Long Bien Bridge and building bridges that enrich the city Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
02/05/2021 15:13 GMT+7
Experts have repeatedly warned that Long Bien Bridge is in serious state and is going to collapse. Meanwhile, Hanoi is programming the development of a ‘creative city’. What should be done with Long Bien?
Long Bien Bridge (photo Hien Anh)
Hanoi is called the city of rivers as it exists on the sides of rivers, including Red River, the source of life and a reflection of the capital city s history.
Long Bien Bridge was built in 1902. Only after 84 years did Hanoi have more bridges – Thang Long and Chuong Duong. The 1998 city plan called for nearly 10 more bridges.
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Biggin Hill residents are calling for plans to convert family homes in the area into multiple flats to be subject to planning approval. Developments which create multiple occupancy homes (HMOs) do not require planning permission, since they are covered by permitted development rights, which allow property owners to alter buildings within certain limits. After plans to build at least ten HMOs locally emerged, residents launched a petition calling for the application of an urgent Article 4 direction, which would allow the council to withdraw specified permitted development rights in the area for the benefit of the community. Lauren Whiting, 38, who created the petition, said: As a community we are concerned that we have now multiple HMO’s in small residential streets and, as the process currently stands, it leaves us open to more.
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