18-02-2026 01:00 via theguardian.com

Developers will only bring us more car-dependent sprawl Letters

The Guardian - Jon Reeds on low-density developments, plus a letter from Richard EltringhamIt is disappointing to see the huge urban sprawl at Gilston, north of Harlow, described as rejecting mp;#147;carcentric modelsmp;#148; (A new town for the 21st century?, 9 February).Big, ultra-low-density developments like this, far from rail-transit networks, are inevitably car-dependent, despite claims by their promoters. It takes more than building the primary schools necessitated by such schemes to get
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