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"Good fences really to make good neighbours" @melyork from @TimesProperty @ @TheSTHome covers our #LivingWithLockdown survey. You can....

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... read the full report here. Findings included

✅We came together during lockdown. People knowing >6 neighbours increased 29 to 37%

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✅Access to greenery strongly associated with greater neighbourliness. 59% of those with no outdoor space had no neighbourly interactions vs 33% of those with access

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✅Good fences make good neighbours – terraced houses were the best COVID-beaters. People in terraced houses spoke to more neighbours than anyone else. 40% spoke to neighbours >4 times a week vs 12% who did so in flats

✅Cars appear to stifle neighbourliness. Those who used cars as main form of transport less likely to interact with their neighbours in any form (31%), during lockdown, compared to those who walked (25%) or cycled (13%).

✅Cars are also associated with reduced social cohesion at street level.14% fewer of those with properties facing busy streets were likely to interact with their neighbours regularly than those who lived on quieter streets.

So what did we conclude from our survey?

2020 has brought untimely death to thousands and worry and economic hardship to millions. However, it's also helped re-forge bonds of neighbourliness and reminded us of what matters in ways which should perhaps never have been forgotten..

Next few years likely to be a period of flux in planning, house-building & highways. Amongst likely changes are Gov's Gear Change Plan, new Highway Code, Manual for Streets3, Urban Tree Challenge Fund, National Model Design Code, response to #BBBBC & #PlanningForTheFuture

Our survey has several important suggestions for
future highways & planning policy to support health, happiness, popularity and sustainability. We should normally seek to:
✅Create gardens
✅Create terraced streets
✅Create quiet streets
✅Support walking & cycling

You can see the full report #TerracedFriendship here:

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Thanks to Hugo & @LL_LaurenLawson for their work on it. For some reason appendix with methodology& caveats has been dropped from published online version (sorry) We'll get that corrected on Monday