Bath Western Riverside Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

3.1.17 British Waterways also has a key role with regard to thefocus of the development on the river and the requiredenhancement of the role that the river plays in this partof Bath. British Waterways should also be engaged withat the pre-application stage.3.1.18 English Nature has an interest in the site, particularlywith regard to the river’s designation as a Site of NatureConservation Interest (SNCI). English Nature should alsobe consulted by applicants at the pre-application stage.Stakeholders3.1.19 Bath & North East Somerset Local Strategic Partnershipwill seek to add value where possible by engagingpartner organisations to progress the CommunityStrategy’s ambitions.3.1.20 Interest groups and amenity bodies such as the BathPreservation Trust, Bath Society, and Friends of theEarth have a valuable role to play in commenting on theproposals contained in this SPD and also individualdevelopment proposals.3.1.21 Private individuals – those living within BWR, those livingnear BWR, and other residents of Bath, given the scaleof BWR also have a valuable role to play in commentingon proposals for BWR.Delivery Mechanisms3.1.22 The main method of achieving the delivery of theregeneration and redevelopment of BWR will be throughthe granting of planning permissions for acceptabledevelopments with associated s106 Agreements. Theimplementation of planning permissions fordevelopments that meet the requirements of the SpatialMasterplan in this SPD, and the developmentrequirements set out in section 1.5 of this SPD will resultin developments that meet the objectives of this SPD.Conditions and planning obligations associated withsuch permissions will also control the development, withsection 106 agreements securing appropriatecontributions in line with section 3.3 of this SPD andalso providing the required level of affordable housing.3.1.22 Potentially, there may be development agreementsbetween parties including the Council, landowners,developers, potential occupiers and gap funders. Suchagreements would reinforce the delivery of keyrequirements by introducing contractual arrangementsto these elements.3.1.23 As mentioned in 3.1.7, the Council has the ability touse its compulsory purchase powers if required toassist in the delivery of key elements of BWR.3.2 Phasing Strategy3.2.1 The Council supports the principle of a phasedapproach to the delivery of comprehensivedevelopment at BWR. During the Local Plan Inquiry in2005 the Council amended the wording of the relevantpart of Policy GDS1:Site 1 to state the following:Any planning application will need todemonstrate that it is consistent with andcontributes to the delivery of comprehensivedevelopment of the whole site by reference to anapproved Masterplan which accords with thispolicy.3.2.2 This SPD sets out the Council’s terms for acceptingindividual development phases at BWR. The SpatialMasterplan included in this SPD sets out a frameworkfor the comprehensive redevelopment of BWR.However, the Masterplan is at a ‘zonal’ level, and afurther level of masterplanning work will be required inorder to properly inform individual proposals andensure that individual schemes are not being designedin isolation. This lies at the heart of the requirement forContext Plans set out in section 3.4.3.2.3 Whilst the Council accepts that the redevelopment ofthe BWR area can come forward in individual phases,within the zonal framework of the Spatial Masterplan,such phases have to be significant enough tocontribute meaningfully towards the comprehensiveredevelopment of the whole site. If the redevelopmentof BWR were to be dealt with in numerous small sites,the approach would be too fragmented and thebenefits of a comprehensive approach would soon belost.3.2.4 Therefore, set out below and on Plan 3.1 are the threeDevelopment Zones that the Council consider areappropriate. The zones are as follows:1. Eastern Zone, including north of the river and GreenPark Station.2. Western Zone, including north of the river and RTS linkto the west.3. Bath Press and adjacent land.Bath Western Riverside Supplementary Planning Document 47