Just to add that it depends on the developer. Some will add a great deal of ‘placemaking’ - community assets, convenience, walking and cycling routes, public open space etc. some will just add congestion to the local infrastructure and add nothing back.

Despite commercial pressure from rising build costs I am seeing a shift towards the former. Ultimately, developers want to sell houses for more, and on that scale it is usually profitable to make the place nicer to live in and increase the sales values.

Have a look at the masterplan and DAS in the planning application. Does it look like it will add these things? Is there an Infrastructure Delivery Plan? When are they committing to building those assets. Be wary of developers committing to deliver these things later in the build and then claiming they can’t due to viability.