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QUAKERS WALK, DEVIZES
• The need for improvements to upgrade Quakers Walk to
shared use facility for pedestrians and cyclists.
• Provision of a bus gate to restrict access from Roundway
Park into the Quakers Walk site, and parking restrictions on
Roundway Park.
Figure 3.1:Public Exhibition
Board 4: Primary School
Issues.
Figure 3.2: Area allocated
for primary school in the
Local Plan.
3.33 The Quakers Walk site is required to provide 1,705sqm of
equipped play area (with no one part of the wider provision to
be less than 400sqm) and 2,255sqm of casual play area (with
no one part of the wider provision to be less than 750sqm).
The requirements are based upon approximately 230 new
residential units. In addition to appropriate play equipment,
the casual play areas should provide an informal meeting
area for teenagers. A financial contribution is required
towards off-site provision of formal sports pitches. These
requirements are based upon development of approximately
230 new residential units.
3.34 In relation to the proposed new primary school, the Strategic
Brief requires that consideration is given to providing an
enlarged facility, to cater for pupils currently attending St
Peter’s School, which is to close. The Local Education
Authority supports the proposal and has requested that
consideration is also given to locating the new school further
to the south (but still within the proposed development area).
A location to the south of the site would be closer to the
existing catchment population for St Peters School, as well as
Devizes Sports Club.
FIGURE 3.1
3.35 A larger primary school will require a 1.45 hectare site (rather
than the 1.2 hectare site identified on the Local Plan
Proposals Map) to accommodate the increase from a 7-form
to a 10-form primary school. In addition to provision of the
site, the Quakers Walk development will make a substantial
contribution to the construction costs of the new school.
3.36 The Devizes Strategic Development Brief also requires
significant contributions from the Quakers Walk development
towards secondary education, sustainable transport and FIGURE 3.2
updating of the Devizes SATURN Traffic Model. Ref: 04744
May 2005
Issue Number 1