Draft Core Strategy and Policies Focused Review

Object

Representation ID: 771

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Further consideration of car parking solutions and the future of the Bury Road Park & Ride is required as part of the CS review

Object

Representation ID: 772

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The CS and SA must take account of revisions to the NPPF announced on 6th March relating to flood risk; plan soundness where land growth in years 11-15 is not identified; windfalls over the whole plan period; inclusion of student and older persons accommodation in assessing housing need; provision of infrastructure to support development and this as a constraint; importance of developing brownfield sites; clarification on refusing development on grounds of prematurity in relation to draft plans.

Object

Representation ID: 773

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

IBC should revisit the Ipswich Population and Household projections and revise corresponding targets giving proper consideration to the DCLG 2011 data and the latest data including that from ONS, the EEFM models and by incorporating the 2011 Census Commuting numbers expected in March 2014.

Object

Representation ID: 774

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The only principal employment growth site within the Borough boundary is the A14/ Ravenswood/Ransome's expansion which are not well connected to the proposed Garden suburb which would therefore seem to make increased car based commuting inevitable.

Object

Representation ID: 775

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Combined CS jobs forecast is 38% higher than EEFM August 2013 data across Ipswich, Babergh, Suffolk Coastal and Mid-Suffolk, suggesting each authority's job targets may be unrealistic in relation to the aggregate potential. The disparity mainly comes from the Babergh/Mid-Suffolk forecast against that of EEFM. Babergh says the disparity is because of the need for jobs serving Ipswich which has insufficient space to provide them itself but this is not reflected in Ipswich CS jobs growth figures and suggest double counting and doubts about 'close working' between authorities.

Object

Representation ID: 776

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

There are inconsistencies in the car parking policy and ambiguity about Bury Road Park & Ride, which the site allocations DPD suggests will be reopened whilst at Para 8.194 reference to additional Park & Ride has been deleted. The proposed increase of car parking provision in the IP-One area is inconsistent with encouraging walking/cycling/public transport use and reopening of Bury Road. The need for additional IP-One parking is also questioned as it seems capacity is not reached currently.

Object

Representation ID: 777

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Yes

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The revised CS should explain why IBC no longer believes in a jobs-led strategy. We argue that for sustainable development jobs and housing growth must be in balance and located in close proximity with good sustainable transport links. Neither more unemployed residents or residents working outside the borough is considered to be sustainable. A housing-led strategy means the proposed Garden Suburb with new jobs in the town centre reached by bus, bike or on foot is no longer sustainable and so the CS is unsound

Object

Representation ID: 778

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We disagree that Ipswich residents possess a wide range of skills as elsewhere the CS acknowledges low skills and educational achievement in the workforce as identified in the Suffolk Growth Strategy.

Object

Representation ID: 779

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Given the number of club, pub and bar closures it is not accepted that Ipswich has a strong night time economy, certainly not when compared with Norwich and Cambridge. The CS and IBC Economic Development Strategy Implementation Plan should support the night time economy further. Whilst the Waterfront night time economy has generally been a success this has been partly at the expense of the historic town centre.

Object

Representation ID: 780

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We do not agree that Ipswich has strong transport links the evidence being lobbying of Government to improve the local rail network and journey times to London and increasing congestion on the A12 and A14 and recognition of need for improvements in the Suffolk Growth Strategy. The CS should acknowledge this too. Within the town there are concerns that the Travel Ipswich Scheme has not slowed traffic down and the CS should reflect this view and doubts over whether traffic lights should replace roundabouts. Increased housing will only increase congestion.