Issues and Options for the Ipswich Local Plan Review

Comment

Representation ID: 25410

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

Land identified as countryside and open space should remain as is.

Comment

Representation ID: 25411

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

Land identified as countryside and open space should remain as is.

Comment

Representation ID: 25412

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

These quarters are by Ipswich Central - not Ipswich Vision.
The policy isn't appropriate because the contents do not remain constant. The goalposts are constantly being changed and there is no consistency or clear vision.
There is also too much attempted copycat with disastrous effects. Maybe we should focus on something a bit more bespoke to Ipswich.

Comment

Representation ID: 25413

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

Without the car showrooms Futura Park would be very empty. Ipswich has long been happy to accept whatever it can passively receive, which isn't the best approach for planning, but it is the only way when the borough isn't bold, ambitious and enthusiastic enough.
The "Wine Rack" was supposed to have allocation for affordable housing but this has been dropped for a vanity Dubai-like luxury penthouse apartments, all with £20m of public funds.

Comment

Representation ID: 25414

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

Yes. The council is very anti-car but this is how we all rely on getting to work when there isn't enough local employment opportunities. Buses do not provide a good service to the door of an out-of-borough employer. This creates relatively unnecessary congestion.
Residential development is being forced upon by central targets and there just isn't the allocation of employment zones to cater for the density of planned housing.

Comment

Representation ID: 25415

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

This isn't particularly relevant as the trend is for employers to be within the Ipswich FEA ("Ipswich city") area but not within the Ipswich borough. The next decade will see more business relocate outside the town - some will argue about business rates and others about traffic congestion.

Comment

Representation ID: 25416

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

Congestion can be tackled with many common sense tactics:-
* By not adding to it.
* By not reducing existing road capacity (i.e. not moving back stop lines, not adding large ASL boxes on routes cyclists don't use, not adding in so many sets of lights on the gyratory).
* By not bolting on supermarkets, retail parks and fast food outlets on to busy A-road junctions.
* Widening the A1214 London Road so two lanes into town
* By upgrading roads and building new infrastructure

Comment

Representation ID: 25417

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

Ipswich Vision were due to have published a plan for the Star Lane gyratory this year. Ipswich Borough Council tendered out an opportunity for public realm improvements.
Star Lane gyratory was never going to be suitable, the future for this area would consist of giving better alternative routes. Public transport isn't a solution as the AQMA monitoring station on Fore Street which is heavily used by buses was at dangerous high levels and much higher than other areas used by lorries, vans and cars.

Comment

Representation ID: 25418

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

A Northern Bypass is long overdue. A single-carriageway solution would be over capacity within months of opening, therefore a dual carriageway road is required to support further growth. An Ipswich Orbital will help with the housing, retail, commercial and industrial developments in the northern arc of Greater Ipswich.
Suffolk Highways could allocate more resources to finish projects on time. Currently the same staff work on numerous projects in the area (even outside Ipswich) and it is unnecessarily damaging for the town.

Comment

Representation ID: 25419

Received: 30/12/2017

Respondent: Ipswich Limited

Not at all. If the town centre is ever going to survive (let alone thrive) we need car parking capacity to support it.