Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review - Final Draft

Support

Representation ID: 26262

Received: 26/02/2020

Respondent: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)

ESNEFT is undergoing a Sustainability Transformation Plan (STP) to determine how acute hospital healthcare provision will be provided. Acute hospital trusts are required to provide early delivery of additional inpatient bed spaces, which for Ipswich will support growth and resilience across the local health economy. Significant investment in healthcare facilities and services is/ will be taking place, to meet requirements of existing and future catchment population by planned new housing growth included in the Local Plan. A new Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre, is due to be implemented 2020/21. to deliver the STP a planning policy basis is needed.

Object

Representation ID: 26263

Received: 26/02/2020

Respondent: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

No objection to masterplan approach which reflects ESNEFT’s intentions, but inclusion of the word ‘safeguards’ is unnecessarily restrictive and inflexible. ESNEFT requires further flexibility in how it plans and develops the Hospital site which may include non-health care provision, should land become surplus to health care requirements. To allow for further flexibility, the inclusion of ‘other ancillary uses’ should be added to the policy. The Policy would not; enable sufficient flexibility to enable ESNEFT to realise its development requirements, reflect legal or procedural requirements, or reflect the most appropriate strategy for the site, contrary to NPPF paragraph 35. Amendments needed.

Object

Representation ID: 26264

Received: 26/02/2020

Respondent: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

It is also requested that the last sentence of the supporting text within Paragraph 8.229 is deleted as it covers healthcare matters that go beyond the scope of the Local Planning Authority’s remit. Additional sentences are requested to demonstrate examples of the other ancillary uses referred to above. The supporting text (paragraph 8.230) also needs to be amended to link any parking issues to those directly associated with proposed hospital activity related to specific developments, rather than any parking issues that may be occurring in the area generally.

Object

Representation ID: 26265

Received: 26/02/2020

Respondent: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

It is noted that health and emergency services are again referred to, although there is no specific reference to acute hospital facilities. Therefore point 3 and bullet point 7 of the policy wording require amendment.

Object

Representation ID: 26266

Received: 26/02/2020

Respondent: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

It is noted that health and emergency services are again referred to, although there is no specific reference to acute hospital facilities. Therefore, amendments requested.