[someone123]

This one seems like a net win but it makes me wonder about the character of the area.

Agricola is a mixed bag of nice buildings, dumpy looking buildings that could be nice, and other stuff. It has a particular character right now with its mix of wooden architecture. It could either turn into something interesting and unique, or not.

What's the mechanism for coordinating these developments so that the street works well overall? Good planning rules for designing an infill building of a style that makes up 10% of the building stock will not be the same as rules for 90%. Do we just hope the mix of proposals is good? Tweaking the rules as the developments evolve is probably not going to work because it can take 10 years for that to happen over a larger area.

There doesn't seem to be much of a sense that maybe a neighbourhood should have a few tall landmark buildings, a mix of restored heritage homes and medium density apartments, etc.