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QUAKERS WALK, DEVIZES
FOREWORD
This Planning Brief has been prepared to accompany an outline planning application to be
submitted for the Quakers Walk site, Devizes. It will guide the preparation of detailed plans
for the site, ensuring compliance with policies in the Kennet Local Plan 2011.
The Planning Brief has been prepared by Carter Jonas on behalf of the Society of
Merchant Venturers, in association with LHC Urban Design and INDIGO Landscape
Architects, and in consultation with officers at Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County
Council.
When preparing the Planning Brief two stages of local consultation and community
engagement took place. The first stage involved an exhibition and workshops to discuss
the main issues to be addressed in the Planning Brief (organised by Concensus on behalf
of Carter Jonas). The second period of consultation involved circulating a draft brief for
comment. Full reports of these events can be found in the “Quakers Walk Planning Brief:
Statement of Consultation”.
On the 26 th May 2005, the Planning Policies Executive Committee of Kennet District
Council considered the content of the Planning Brief and resolved to approve it as an
emerging Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the purposes of development
control. It was approved as an emerging SPD because although the process used so far in
production of the brief closely follows guidance on preparing SPD, it has not been subject
to a sustainability appraisal.
This work will be carried out as soon as possible and the results of the sustainability
appraisal made available for comment, before any further amendments to the Planning
Brief are made (as necessary). At this time, the Council will reconsider the Quakers Walk
Planning Brief with a view to adopting it as a Supplementary Planning Document.
Ref: 04744
May 2005
Issue Number 1