Bishop's Tachbrook NDP Regulation 16 Submission

Comment

Representation ID: 71934

Received: 27/06/2020

Respondent: Barwood Strategic Land II Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Paragraph 4.6
It should be clarified at this paragraph that the Asps already benefits from an extant planning permission in addition to the Local Plan allocation H46B. The permission is already the subject of legal agreements under S106 of the Town & Country Planning Act, to ensure the delivery of a range of community and public planning gain, including the provision of the proposed Park and Ride facility and arrangements relating to affordable housing, biodiversity off-setting, education, healthcare, police, public rights of way and sustainable travel/welcome packs. The impact arising from the Asps, and the mitigation necessary to address it, has already been determined through the grant of planning permission.

As currently drafted the Plan may give rise to a perception or expectation that these matters could be re-visited through Neighbourhood Plan policy. To avoid this, it is suggested that the Plan text here be amended to clarify that permission was granted for development of the Asps in January 2016, and that appropriate mitigation is already secured through the S106 agreements entered into at that time.

Comment

Representation ID: 71935

Received: 27/06/2020

Respondent: Barwood Strategic Land II Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Figure 7 is imprecise as to the nature of the views being protected, how they are assessed and what elements of the views are of value or need protecting. The elongated view towards the Asps reaches Europa Way, but it is unclear whether views beyond this are proposed to be considered.

It should be noted that the landscape and visual impact of the Asps has already been considered as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the outline permission. Therefore, any future Reserved Matters application would not be subject to carrying out a LVIA.

Additionally, the Asps is subject to an approved Design Code under Condition 9 of the planning permission. Figure 7 should be amended to reflect the existence of the Code and remove any reference to protected views across the Asps site; which is already subject of planning permission, and where a detailed development structure and framework exists as consented through the Condition 9 Design Code.

Comment

Representation ID: 71936

Received: 27/06/2020

Respondent: Barwood Strategic Land II Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

There is no objection, per se, to the policy as drafted but as with other aspects of the Plan, it must be understood that the scale of the off-site improvements associated with the Asps has already been determined, and it is not possible through the Neighbourhood Plan policy to alter the extent of that provision at this time.

Comment

Representation ID: 71937

Received: 27/06/2020

Respondent: Barwood Strategic Land II Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

The proposed provision of a footbridge into The Asps is a new aspiration which does not form part of the consented scheme. Currently, access into the Tach Brook Country Park from the Asps is proposed through the provision of an at grade, pedestrian crossing phase incorporated into the Europa Way site access traffic light control junction. The developer contributions to make the development acceptable in planning terms has been established and it was not deemed necessary by the Secretary of State to include a footbridge within the parameters of the extant permission. Therefore, this cannot be required through a provision of a subsequently progressed Neighbourhood Plan.

Comment

Representation ID: 71939

Received: 27/06/2020

Respondent: Barwood Strategic Land II Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

Development of strategic sites such as the Asps are addressing a district wide housing need, in addition to any local housing need. Whilst Policy BT12 may, therefore, have appropriate application within the Village of Bishop’s Tachbrook, seeking to apply outputs from a village survey onto the wider strategic development of the Asps which is addressing a different housing requirement, is inappropriate. The Policy should be amended to reflect the different nature of the strategic local plan allocations, subject to Local Plan policies H2 and H4, from any development within the Village.

Comment

Representation ID: 71940

Received: 27/06/2020

Respondent: Barwood Strategic Land II Limited

Agent: Pegasus Group

This Policy as drafted is unclear. It establishes itself as a climate change policy, but also addresses more general design matters. Fundamentally however, there is nothing within this policy which actually adds anything of a local or Bishop’s Tachbrook context beyond that already covered by NPPF and the Local Plan policy BE1, beyond possibly the reference to roof suitability for attaching renewable technology.