Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal - Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies DPD

Object

Representation ID: 5728

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. The SA appears to assume that the jobs target applies to Ipswich Borough and takes no account of travel to work to employment sites outside the Borough.

Object

Representation ID: 5729

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. The SA does not take account of lack of capacity for sewage treatment or the waste water issues arising from the expansion of Ipswich. The key waste water infrastructure needed should be specified in the Core Strategy. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5730

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. The SA underestimates the impact of Objective ER3. Uncertainties should not be recorded where there are clearly going to be negative effects. This section needs to reflect the conclusions of the assessment of the plan and the effects of development of the Garden Suburb. The previous comment that there will obviously be an increase in traffic has been ignored, although the response in Appendix C states that it is agreed there is likely to be an effect.

Object

Representation ID: 5731

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. Alternatives other than 'do nothing' should be considered, for example co-operating more closely with other local authorities and locating new homes nearer to new sites of employment. The SA does not recognise that delivery of the entire Garden Suburb may not be viable. A jobs led strategy should be considered as an alternative. The alternative of delivering jobs and homes outside of the Borough also needs to be considered, including on the Sugar Beet Factory site. Lack of sustainability may be a reason to not meet housing needs within the Borough.

Object

Representation ID: 5732

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5733

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. The SA does not take account of lack of capacity for sewage treatment or the waste water issues arising from the expansion of Ipswich. The key waste water infrastructure needed should be specified in the Core Strategy. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5734

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. DM10 needs to state that 'important hedgerows' will be protected. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.

Object

Representation ID: 5735

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. Pleased that the SA recommends updated traffic modelling. The SA does not adequately consider the effects of multiple starts from the Garden Suburb, the outputs of Suffolk County Council feasibility work into solutions for the road network around the Garden Suburb, the views of the highway authority that sustainable transport measures have not been adequately identified in the current planning application, congestion and capacity issues and the conclusions of the transport assessment.

Object

Representation ID: 5736

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. The SA needs to take account of cumulative impacts of traffic from development in neighbouring authority areas. It needs to recognise that the employment target relates to the Ipswich Policy Area. The SA underestimates the effects of commuting to new employment sites. The traffic modelling needs to be updated.

Object

Representation ID: 5737

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. The SA should assess the implications of Table 8B stating that initial works at the Country Park are dependent upon occupation of 500 dwellings at Henley Gate and should take account of the CBRE HRA stating the Country Park should be delivered before occupation of the first dwelling.