Richard

UK

Designer

We've been expecting this for decades, but strangely it doesn't happen.

Yesterday, I attended an exhibition of government plans to build thousands of extra houses in my already crowded area.

Already, new houses are being built on the industrial estates, in back gardens and on the fertile farmland - just when we need increased food production.

So, the area is now largely a "dormitory" for long-distance commuters: Some cram onto the overcrowded trains to London; most commute by car.

With no local facilities, people have to travel to everything by car.

Most of the new houses are unsuitable for efficient "home working."

It's hard to see how the government's building plans can help meet their environmental aspirations or how the present model of long distant commuting can continue.

So I do hope that someone devises a way to make remote working practical.