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Do you agree that the records office site is a suitable site for brand new housing and why?

Yes / No

  • Yes 58%
  • No 42%

Grouped reasons Portsmouth residents said the site was suitable

Good facilities 6
Housing need 2
Brownfield 1
Site big 1
Desirable location 1

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Detailed reasons residents said the site was suitable

Category Response Number
Good facilities
Good local facilites 2
Close to sea 2
Good transport connections 1
Close to Southsea Common 1
Housing needs
Need for housing 2
Brownfield
Make use of empty building 1
Site big
Site is big enough 1
Desirable location
People would want to live here 1

Grouped reasons Portsmouth residents said the site was not suitable

Conservation area 8
Overcrowding 4
Lives of current residents 1
Brownfield 1
Site green 1
Infrastructure 1

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Grouped reasons residents said the site was not suitable

Category Response Number
Conservation area
Demolishing of historic buildings 8
Overcrowding
Overcrowding 3
Too much housing being built 1
Lives of current residents
Security 1
Brownfield
Make use of brownfield site 1
Site green
Site green 1
Infrastructure
Too little infrastructure near 1

What type of housing do you think would be best for the records office site?

Grouped responses

Community facilities 13
Elderly 8
Low/medium rise 7
Affordable 7
Green 6
Good design 5
Vulnerable people 5
Family 5
Student 2
Houses 2
Respect Pembroke Park 1
Military 1

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Detailed responses

Category Response Number
Community facilities
Provide enough public services 4
Make into cultural site 2
Doctors surgery 2
More community space 1
Use property for schools or university 1
Nunnery 1
New dentists 1
Build a new stadium 1
Elderly
Elderly accommodation 3
Mixed generation living 2
Supported living for elderly 2
Residential homes 1
Low/medium rise
Same footprint as records office 4
Low rise 1
Max 2 storeys 1
Max 10 storeys 1
Affordable
Starter homes 3
Social housing 2
Affordable housing 1
Housing for nurses and other key resources 1
Green
Save existing green space and trees 3
Preserve trees 1
Include garden 1
Communal electric cars 1
Good design
Sympathetic to design of surroundings 2
Sympathetic to museum design 1
Use/save some original fixtures/fittings 3
Incorporate the shrapnel damaged wall 1
Vulnerable people
Disabled housing 3
Housing for mixed needs 2
Family
Family units 5
Student
Student accommodation 2
Houses
Large houses 2
Respect Pembroke Park
Peaceful housing 1
Military
Military/veteran 1

What kind of housing would you not like to see and why?

Grouped responses

Other 5
High rise 5
Flats 3
Students 3
Poor design 2
Affordable 1
Medium rise 1
Bad access 3

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Detailed responses

Category Response Number
Other
Gated community 2
Don't house London overspill 2
Private developer - don't sell site 1
High rise
High rise 5
Flats
Blocks of 1 or 2 bed flats 3
Students
Student housing 3
Poor design
Square block 2
Affordable
Affordable housing 1
Medium rise
Medium rise 1
Bad access
No direct access to museum 1

Is there anything else that you would like us to take into account when we are putting together plans for this site?

Grouped responses

Save building 19
Protect museum 6
Green space 4
PCC complaints 3
Use another site 3
Transport 2
Demolish building 2
Parking 2

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Detailed responses

Category Response Number
Save building
Save records office 16
Is building listed? 2
Believe building is safe for use 1
Protect museum
Give site to the museum 2
Security of museum from this development 1
Consult with the museum 1
Is the museum being moved 1
Make a Conan Doyle/Sherlock Holmes museum 1
Green space
Conservation concerns 4
PCC complaints
Complaints about PCC 3
Use another site
Use hundreds of empty PCC properties 3
Other
Is the site being sold for individuals to develop 1
Consult Historic England before demolishing the site 1
Transport
A bicycle for each property 1
Portsmouth needs better public transport 1
Demolish records office
Demolish records office 2
Parking
Provide enough parking 1
Do not include parking 1