Would this be your 'City Vision'?

Thanks to this post in the 'Chris Brown' blog for drawing my attention to a letter in the Telegraph

The letter makes the following points;

'Cities are this country's economic engines and the centre of creativity. People move to cities to find jobs and earn more. Ninety per cent of us live in cities, so the form of our urban settlements must be sustainable. This means compact, polycentric cities.'

'There is no shortage of brownfield sites – England has 66,000 hectares which could be used for building – and while there is a need for more well-designed dwellings, there are 750,000 homes lying empty and 22 million homes which should be retrofitted. Some 330,000 dwellings have planning permission but have not been built.'

'The movement back to cities is to be encouraged. '

'A green belt helps to contain the city and protect the countryside.'

Do you share this 'vision'?