Draft Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) Development Plan Document

Object

Representation ID: 748

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Against the existing Local Plan, this proposes further loss of countryside off Tuddenham Rd in addition to the three Garden Suburb neighbourhoods and the erosion of such designated countryside in the Borough is not acceptable or sustainable. No assessment of the traffic issues has been made which include increased traffic; its effects on the humpback bridge, the absence of footways on the adjacent narrow stretch of road;increased coach usage and rat running on Humberdoucy Lane. These should be examined in detail and resolved before redesignation is considered.

Object

Representation ID: 749

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Concerned that the Westgate site has no occupier, but suggest residential accommodation. Grafton way site could be residential/hotel led. Suggest Tacket St/Cox Lane has short mall linking Carr St to Upper Brook St plus multi-storey car park and residences. Need for increased long stay car parking capacity questioned, main problems are cost and access. Suggest review of parking needs, switching long stay to short stay, re-opening Bury Rd, Park & Ride. Air quality needs to be assessed and short car journeys discouraged accordingly.

Object

Representation ID: 750

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Policy CS17 deletes reference to Park & Ride assumed to be Bury Rd but site allocation s DPD proposed extension of the facility and elsewhere in the plan there is commitment to re-opening the Park & Ride. Consistency is required across the whole document. Re-opening of the Park & Ride site is supported.

Object

Representation ID: 751

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Council should aid the attractiveness of this site to developers by committing to working with Anglian Water to resolve the local odour issue. Further development in Ipswich risks worsening the problem. In generally IBC should commit to improving potentially problematic brownfield sites to make them more attractive to developers, this should include setting up a steering group to tidy up Ipswich Waterfront sites in preparation for development.

Object

Representation ID: 752

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Council should aid the attractiveness of this site to developers by committing to working with Anglian Water to resolve the local odour issue. Further development in Ipswich risks worsening the problem. In generally IBC should commit to improving potentially problematic brownfield sites to make them more attractive to developers, this should include setting up a steering group to tidy up Ipswich Waterfront sites in preparation for development.

Object

Representation ID: 753

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Number of people: 323

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

There appears to be an error in the table on p29 as it records an area of 0.6ha whereas Appendix 3 shows 0.87ha. The former gives a density of 50dph, contrary to the 35dph average in Policy DM30(c). Although an allocation of just under 30 dwellings would comply with policy it would be out of keeping with the neighbourhood. A density of 15dph is suggested. As the hockey pitch is classified as sport provision it would need to be replaced before change of use for housing could be sanctioned; current site access is also considered inadequate.