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QUAKERS WALK, DEVIZES
4.5 The secondary access point to the Quakers Walk site
(for public bus services and emergency vehicles only) is
to be taken between 52 and 53 Roundway Park. This is
a requirement of the Kennet Local Plan. A bus gate will
be used to restrict use of the access to appropriate
vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists.
Figure 4.3: Existing desire
lines.
4.6 The Quakers Walk footpath is to be preserved and
enhanced, providing an important access and leisure
route to the west of the site. The footpath is to be
upgraded for use by pedestrians, cyclists, pushchair
users and the mobility impaired.
4.7 The three main access points to the Quakers Walk
development area are fixed by the site’s physical
constraints and planning policy requirements of the
Kennet Local Plan. Development principles will need to
reflect the location of the principal and secondary
accesses, and the practical role that Quakers Walk fulfils
in providing a safe and convenient non-vehicular linkage
with the town centre and open countryside to the north.
4.8 Desire lines through the site are created by the various
access points and the relationship of the site with
surrounding destinations. The new vehicular and
pedestrian access points open up the site and connect it
with land uses to the north and east. There will be a
desire for pedestrians to walk through the site between
these access points in the most direct route possible. It
should be expected that the site will be used as a
pedestrian route for new residents as well as a through
route for others.
FIGURE 4.3
4.9 The Devizes Strategic Development Brief requires
resident parking restrictions and limited waiting signage
on New Park Road, at the southern end of Quakers
Walk.
Ref: 04744
May 2005
Issue Number 1