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Cefnogi

Revised Development Strategy

South of Gallows Hill

ID sylw: 56344

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Supports this allocation in principle. The initial proposals made in a formal outline application by the developers for the eastern portion of this area did not anticipate bus services entering the site. The road layout would involve excessive circuity and only allow buses to serve the far edge of the development, which would mitigate strongly against effective and attractive bus service provision.

Any future master planning approach for this site and the land to the west, should be comprehensive, and assume the retention and enhancement of the existing bus routing, with good, well-surveilled pedestrian links to quality bus stops provided on Harbury Lane, spaced between 280-330m apart. This justifies higher densities on the northern edge of future proposals.

Proposals here should help support high-quality links from the area towards Warwick and thus can be considered to support the consolidation of demand on an existing public transport corridor.

Agree this area is less suitable for employment-led development, from a public transport perspective, not least because believe it is more operationally expedient to provide the P&R and the Technology Park extension to the north of Harbury Lane, immediately adjoining the Technology Park and its extension.

Cefnogi

Revised Development Strategy

West Warwick Gates

ID sylw: 56345

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Supports this allocation in principle but reiterates that this site needs to make provision for high-quality roadside infrastructure and associated pedestrian links to them if the site is to be sustainable, and the overall Transport Strategy is not to be undermined.

Gwrthwynebu

Revised Development Strategy

Lower Heathcote Farm

ID sylw: 56346

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Any future proposals for this land should assume the retention and enhancement of the existing service along the existing route/s, with attractive pedestrian links to quality bus stops provided on Harbury Lane. This approach justifies higher densities on the northern edge of future proposals that come forward. It may be appropriate to reduce densities at the southern edge especially if these plots end up being outside a reasonable 400m walking distance of stops on Harbury Lane.

This would also support wider urban design and planning objectives.

Object to the development footprint extending further south onto land beyond the initial application site, as this land is well over 400m away from Harbury Lane and will not be within reasonable walking distance of a good bus service.

Gwrthwynebu

Revised Development Strategy

Former Severn Trent Sewage Works

ID sylw: 56347

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Objects to the proposed allocation. A viable bus service could not be provided, as this area could foreseeably be within 400m of a quality public transport corridor. Planning applications made on adjoining land to the east (Grove Farm) and west (Lower Heathcote Farm) make no apparent provision for an efficient bus route linking through this land. Even if a comprehensive approach is taken to deliver a bus corridor south of Harbury Lane, this would draw any service away from the existing development north of Harbury Lane, or lead to the splitting of the provision such that the frequency of service offered would not be sufficiently high to be attractive. With the possible exception of some limited development on the northern edges of the site, this option is not sustainable.

Gwrthwynebu

Revised Development Strategy

Grove Farm

ID sylw: 56348

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

This site is not currently within easy reach of existing bus routes operating at regular high frequency. It is possible that a new service might be provided along Harbury Lane to the north of the site. Alternatively the existing hourly X18 running to the east of the site offers a much more direct route to the town centre, and might be augmented.

The full quantum proposed, alongside proposals to the NE at Woodside Farm, might support the provision of a new local bus service, or a wider network recast to improve local bus frequencies serving the site.

Consider this site less sustainable in terms of making best use of existing bus services, or logical improvements to the local network.

Developer contributions from this site, and Woodside Farm, would be justified to kick-start a much better frequency of service on the Tachbrook Road corridor serving both this site and Woodside Farm, over and above those already being sought by WCC.

Gwrthwynebu

Revised Development Strategy

Woodside Farm

ID sylw: 56349

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

This site is relatively hard to serve directly by public transport. Providing a bus turning circle within the site, in line with the current proposals submitted earlier this year, or a bus-only gate giving through access to Harbury Lane, might achieve a 30-minute commercial service at final build-out when combined with the full quantum at Grove Farm, and a suitable means of running buses within the wider Grove Farm development. Recognise that an existing PRoW offers direct access to existing G1 Goldline service, but its width and quality is very poor, and many dwellings will be beyond the limits of a 400m walk to the stops on Coppice Road.

Additional proportionate developer contributions might be secured towards kick starting a new or augmented bus service via Tachbrook Road serving these sites, and the poorly-served eastern end of Warwick Gates.

Cefnogi

Revised Development Strategy

5.1.7 Employment Area - Option 2:

ID sylw: 56350

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Support this option over a site south of Gallows Hill, subject to effective linkage both between the existing Technology Park and the site; and also the proposed residential development further north at Myton Garden Suburb.

Gwrthwynebu

Revised Development Strategy

5.1.13 Infrastructure Requirements

ID sylw: 56351

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Objects to the Infrastructure strategy, as it makes little or no explicit provision to rebalance modal dependence in favour of public transport. There is little provided in the way of bus priority and there is a risk that the impacts of the Strategy may undermine current bus operations.

Achieving mode shift and a parallel reduction in operating costs through higher vehicle productivity is of the essence in delivering the optimised transport strategy for the area. Concerned, that no mention is made of comprehensive measures to assist public transport and redress the current conditions in the area today that all favour personal car use over more sustainable modes.

A disproportionate level of bus operating mileage within the area earmarked for strategic growth needs to be financially supported, compared with the rest of Leamington and Warwick, where services are generally fully commercial. The Strategy needs not only to deliver augmented service that can credibly be sustained through revenue alone at the full build out period, but to recover a modest deficit situation.

The current difficulties operating bus services in the proposed growth quadrant arise to a great extent from historic approaches to land use, urban design in respect to bus routing. There is virtually no provision of high-quality roadside infrastructure in the wider area. Any perpetuation of this approach would be inconsistent with NPPF.

Welcomes that the Plan Strategy makes explicit reference to high-quality bus stop infrastructure, at least incorporating high profile flags and timetable displays, a suitable boarding area to offer level access to the disabled and infirm, and additionally, high quality shelters where appropriate. This should take a more prominent place within the final Plan.

Gwrthwynebu

Revised Development Strategy

5.2.6 Infrastructure Requirements

ID sylw: 56352

Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Stagecoach

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Object to the proposed infrastructure requirements they will be insufficient to facilitate the provision for sustainable bus service.

The now-consented appeal site south of St Fremunds Way cannot be served by a further extension of service 67, as a further vehicle resource would be needed. Much less will be possible to serve an additional 300 units to the south, for which separate access is envisaged, and therefore an entirely separate bus route would be required. Merely extending services into this area at existing limited frequencies will require substantial additional resource, the costs of which, if developer-funded, would neither meet CIL Tests of reasonableness across such a limited housing quantum, nor would it likely to be commercially sustainable at full build out.

Without a bus link across the railway offering scope to tie this area into the wider network to the west we do not see how this proposal can be considered sustainable.

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