Devizes Strategic Development Brief - Wiltshire Council

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A4.7 A five year programme is included in the LTP that shows the breakdown of expenditure for implementation of the Plan. The LTP has begun to fund specific elements of the strategy such as the London Road cycle and pedestrian improvements, but it does not consider the individual development sites. The schemes detailed below are designed to give the occupiers of the dwellings at each development site a viable transport alternative to the car and thus contribute to the reduction of car trips from each development site. The schemes are designed to improve accessibility to the town and passenger transport stops by providing walking, cycling and passenger transport infrastructure. PPG13 A4.8 Planning Policy Guidance Note 13 on Transport provides national guidance on the requirements of transport and development, it says: “Accessibility: A key planning objective is to ensure that jobs, shopping, leisure facilities and services are accessible by public transport, walking and cycling”. (para 19) “Local authorities should seek to ensure that strategies in the development plan and the local transport plan are complementary” (para20) “Planning Obligations may be used to achieve improvements to public transport, walking and cycling, where such measures would be likely to influence travel patterns to the site involved, either on their own or as part of a package of measures. Examples might include improvements to a bus service or cycle route”. (para 84) “In relation to transport developers will be expected to contribute more to improving access by public transport, walking and cycling for development locations away from town centres and major transport interchanges”. (para 85) The Proposed Sustainable Transport Schemes A4.9 Wiltshire County Council has considered the highway impacts of future housing development allocations in Devizes contained within the Kennet Local Plan 2011. An assessment of the sites has been carried out to determine the nature, location and estimated costs of works involved. The schemes have been placed in two categories: Site Specific: North & North Eastern Devizes Sustainable Transport Improvements: to be funded by the development directly causing the need to be funded through combined contributions from different development sites to ensure integrated access to services and facilities. A list of transport schemes to serve the additional populations arising directly from new development has been identified. These are detailed and justified in Table A4.1 and are identified on Map 1. A4.10 It should be noted that a nominal sum of £173,000 has been included to account for a suitable scheme on map reference 15, London Road Canal Bridge. An additional investigation into possible solutions at this site is required. Wiltshire County Council will ensure that this further investigation is carried out and the results of this work can be fed into this process at a later date. A4.11 During the Technical Stakeholder consultation there was some concern expressed about the lack of justification of the need for some of the schemes included in Table A4.1. It was particularly emphasised that the improvements must be necessary to the developments and reasonable in scale to the size and nature of the developments. 21 projects were included in the initial list discussed with stakeholders. The Highway Authority have reviewed the list and developed clearer explanations of Kennet Local Plan 2011 Devizes Strategic Development Brief Supplementary Planning Guidance March 2004 38
the relationship between the proposed schemes and the housing allocations proposed in the RKLP. Specifically 4 schemes have been removed from the Devizes Strategic Development Brief and the proposed public transport improvements have been developed further. Contributions A4.12 The estimated total cost of these transport facilities arising as a result from development is approximately £1,136,000. 32% will be made up of Site Specific contributions and 68% from contributions towards North & North Eastern Devizes Sustainable Transport Improvements. The 68% for North & North Eastern Devizes Sustainable Transport Improvements equates to £1200 per house (767/630). Contributions will be indexed linked. A4.13 The contributions stated in this document are related to sustainable transport. It may be likely that contributions to improve highway provision for car and lorry uses will be required separately. A4.14 The District Council will hold the money and forward it on to the county when works are scheduled for implementation. This allows the district council to ensure that the contributions received are spent in good time and in line with the progress of development, through working in Partnership with the County Council. Calculations A4.15 The table below shows a summary of the areas and site specific schemes with estimated costs. It also details the housing allocations for these areas. Location Scheme Description Estimated site specific costs in £000 Quakers Walk Schemes 1, 2, 6, 8 and Quakers Walk & Devizes Hospital Le Marchant Barracks, Naughton Avenue & Roundway Mill North & North Eastern Devizes Sustainable Transport Improvements Housing allocations 135 230 £587 17 Schemes 7 & 9 138 280 (assumes 50 on Devizes Hospital) Schemes 10-12 and 19, 20 Schemes 5, 13, 14, 15, and passenger transport enhancements 96 250 (100+120+30) Site specific cost per house £490 £380 767 630 £1217 (765/630=1.22 ) Total 1136 *The information provided is subject to change due to scheme costs and changes in the number of dwellings that are permitted. Kennet Local Plan 2011 Devizes Strategic Development Brief Supplementary Planning Guidance March 2004 39
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