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How we listened to Portsmouth residents

Social media 86%
Drop in sessions 8%
Email 6%
Door Knock 0%
Post 0%
Phone call 0%

Responses

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

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

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

Please tell us if there is anything else that you would like us to take into account when we are putting together plans for this site.

Response

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

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

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

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

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

Detailed responses

Category

Response

Number

Other

Gated community	2
Don't house London overspill	2
Private developer - don't sell site	1

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

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

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

2

Parking

Provide enough parking	1
Do not include parking	1

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