Devizes Strategic Development Brief - Wiltshire Council

Foreword
In the Kennet Local Plan 2011, Policy HC8 seeks to ensure that the potential impact
of housing development on local services and facilities is taken into account when
considering development proposals. In relation to Devizes the policy highlights the
potential cumulative impact of new housing on local services and facilities given that
the housing allocations in Devizes are in close proximity to each other.
The sites discussed in this Brief are Quakers Walk, Roundway Mill, Naughton
Avenue, Le Marchant Barracks, the Northgate, Wharf and Devizes Hospital. The
services and facilities addressed are education (primary and secondary), recreation
space, community buildings, sustainable transport and affordable housing. It is
recognised that this list of services and facilities is not comprehensive when looking
at Devizes as a whole but they are the services and facilities that have direct links to
Kennet Local Plan 2011 policies.
In the supporting text to Policy HC8 the Council commit to preparing a Devizes
Strategic Development Brief in conjunction with landowners, service providers, local
interest groups and the relevant town and parish councils. Two phases of consultation
were carried out on draft versions of the Brief throughout 2003 involving these
stakeholders and wider public consultation. The Brief was then considered by
Planning Policies Executive Committee on 4 th March 2004 where Member’s resolved
to adopt the Devizes Strategic Development Brief as Supplementary Planning
Guidance for the purposes of development control.
The resolution was subject to any change in wording required as a result of the
outcome of ongoing discussions with Wiltshire County Council as Highway Authority
in relation to the need for a full traffic modelling exercise for Devizes. Subsequently,
at a meeting of the Planning Policies Executive Committee on 26 th May 2005, an
Annex to the SPG setting out how contributions towards updating a traffic model for
Devizes will be sought was considered by Members and approved. The Annex is
included in this SPG but has not been subject to consultation because the highway
authority did not raise the issue of developer contributions for producing the traffic
model until after the original SPG had been produced. The annex will, therefore, not
have the same status as the main body of the SPG but will, nevertheless, be regarded
as a material consideration in determining planning applications.
For more information about the Kennet Local Plan or how the Devizes Strategic
Development Brief will be used as part of the development control process please
contact Carolyn Gibson (Forward Planning & Transportation) or Richard Cosker
(Development Control South Team Leader) on 01380 724911 ext 862 or 832.