10:1:1: The originally open plan design led to a lack of privacy.

10:1:2: A fencing programme was completed in 1991. Some of the wooding fencing is split, see appendix 18:3:A.

10:2:1: The Radburn layout of the estate means the car drivers find it very hard to find safe parking places for their vehicles.

10:2:2: There are relatively few properties with attached garages or any other form of secure parking.

10:2:3:1: The small number of separate garages are well sought after.

10:2:3:2: The tenure turnover for garages is low.

10:3:1: The estate layout has resulted in a relatively large number of alleyways. See appendix 18:2:A.

10:3:2: To reduced the problems of criminal elements loitering the Council have recently blocked off some of the alleyways.

10:3:3: Some access has been restricted by taking this action.

10:3:4: The estate still has a maze of foot paths and alleyways.

10:4: House numbers between blocks of houses appear to have no logical number sequence.

10:5:1: Road signs have a list of names on them. e.g. Fordyce Road leading to Firsby Court, Fonteyn Court, Folkestone Close, Fairfax Court, Fairholme Court, Florentine Court, Farmcote Court, Faygate Court. See appendix 18:1:A.

10:5:2: This leads to a difficulty in finding addresses, even for people who live on the estate.

10:5:3: It has been reported by tenants that the emergency services have gone to the wrong address on occasions. See appendix 9:1 to 9:3.

10:5:4: The layout of the properties prevents the emergency services from reaching the doors of the houses.

10:5:5: Some blocks of houses change from having the letter boxes on one side of the block to the other side half way down.

10:5:6: This adds to the confusion.

10:6: The main street lighting follows the main roads resulting in poorly lit footpaths.

10:7:1: Some properties have the kitchen facing the side of the property with the letter box fitted.

10:7:2: This leads to confusion as to which side people should call the front.

10:7:3: When visitors knock at the door with the letter box fitted, and also when post is delivered, tenants tend not to realise because they are in the main, (lounge), room and do not hear the visitor.

10:7:4: Some properties have high fences and sheds outside their main room.
10:8:1: A number of properties only have windows on one side, single aspect, which means that tenants are unable to see what is happening in the other direction.

10:8:2: Some properties have been improved in this respect.

10:9: There are joint and secluded entrances to some bedsits and flats. See appendix 18:1:B.

10:10:1: The bedsits have an extremely high energy use with a claimed N.H.E.R. of about two.

10:10:2: This creates extremely high fuel bills for these tenants who are on a very low income. In some causes not even receiving full benefit rights. See appendix 14:1 and 14:2.

10:11:1: One of the most common complaints on the estate is noise pollution.

10:11:2: Some rooms are situated over the alleyways.

10:11:3: This results in further noise pollution related problems and disturbance for these tenants. See appendix 8:4:C and 18:2:A.

10:12: Often the mixture of bedsits, flats and family properties results in a clash of life styles between families and single people.

10:13: Noise pollution problems are also aggravated because of the close proximity of the houses in relation to each other.

10:14: Noise pollution is also mentioned in the next section of this report.

10:15:1: A number of the grassed areas on the estate have very poor drainage.

10:15:2:1: This can cause problems with mud being brought into the houses. It can also make the estate look unsightly.

10:15:2:2: Additional cleaning costs occur for the tenants and the Council because of the need to remove mud.

10:16:1: The bedsits have problems recognised by both the tenants and the Council.

10:16:2: A number of bedsits have alleys under them which result in tenants having to put up with problems of noise pollution and harassment.

10:16:3: A clash of life styles cause friction between families and single people undermining the community spirit.

10:16:4: The bedsits have an extremely low energy rating resulting in excessive fuel bills for tenants some of whom receive the lowest incomes.

10:16:5: Accident rates are higher for children in bedsits. See appendix 12:2:C.

10:17:1:1: A relatively high percentage of bedsits are vacated by the tenants without informing the Council. This results in the following problems:-

10:17:1:2:1: Vandalised properties.

10:17:1:2:2: The Council are fitting some empty properties with alarms to try to prevent this problem.

10:17:1:2:3: Only properties that have been reported as being vacated can benefit from this action.

10:17:1:2:4: Tenure management difficulties for the Council.

10:18: The items above result in a drain on the Councils limited resources.

10:19:1: Electric substations exist on the estate which has a high population of children.

10:19:2: One in particular has been constructed within the open square on Fairholme Court.

10:19:3: These are not the most pleasant of buildings to be seen every day by residents.

10:19:4: There are concerns over the safety and positioning of the substations within a highly populated area.

10:19:5: There are no proper play facilities for the children on the estate. See appendix 18:6:A.

10:20:1: The roads within the estate are a mix of reinforced concrete areas and areas of tarmac.

10:20:2: This leads to damaged edges where the tarmac and the concrete join.

10:20:3: Some of the reinforcing bars are clearly visible.

10:20:4: This method of road construction is unsightly, expensive to maintain and dangerous for both pedestrians, (especially for the children and the older residents), and vehicle owners. See appendix 18:2:B.

10:21:1: The main Fordyce Road has the additional problems:-

10:21:2: Fordyce Road is a loop shape with a sharp blind corner near Fairholme/Fairfax Court. See appendix 18:6:B. regarding this problem.

10:21:3: A number of the car thieves who race around the road are from other areas. This implies that the shape and style of the road are attractive to them.

10:21:4: There are a large percentage of children on the estate. These children have few play facilities in the area. This increases the risk of an accident occurring.

10:21:5: There are high fences near the corner that even a tall adult is unable to see over. Children have even less chance of seeing what is coming round the corner.

10:21:6: Traffic is generally light so any traffic calming measures introduced should not restrict normal traffic flow.

10:21:7:1: Any delay in emergency response times is likely to be insignificant especially when compared with the safety of the large number of people, especially children, on the estate.

10:21:7:2: Responses times should improve when the roads are re-routed under Estate Action modernisations.

10:21:8: The traffic calming measures introduced are likely to bring about a significant reduction in the number of speeding vehicles and therefore reduce the likelihood of any accidents happening.

10:22: The Fordyce Road is in a reasonable state of repair.

10:23: The minor roads within the estate are in poor condition with a large number of pot-holes.

10:24: The Radburn layout is described in the appendix 2:1 to 2:6.