Swindon Southern Development Area – Wichelstowe

Condition 99 of planning permission S02/2000.

  

The County Council, following the resolution of Cabinet at its meeting on 30thOctober 2007 resolved:

 

(i)    To agree that:-

 

    (a)     the submitted plans, indicating the developer’s best ability to meet Condition 99’s requirement ‘to incorporate specific features to facilitate use by public transport, pedestrians, vulnerable users and cyclists’ fall short of the expectations embodied within national, regional and local transport policies to provide facilities to encourage sustainable transport modes;

 

    (b)     although the anticipated number of non-motorised users might be predicted to be low in proportion to other users, the facilities indicated will not encourage such users, it will afford them a hostile environment, will not provide signal controls at all carriageway crossing areas, and can only provide a relatively tortuous route through the main alterations at the south side of the junction;

 

    and that for these reasons considers that the developer’s proposals for the provision of facilities for non-motorised users at J.16 do not meet the requirement of Condition 99 and consequently considers that Swindon Borough Council should not discharge Condition 99.

 

(ii)     To agree that

 

the Leader should write again to the Leader of Swindon Borough Council outlining the concerns of local residents on the wider issues relating to the Southern Development Area and its impact on the local traffic infrastructure.

 

Reason for Proposal

 

          For the reasons outlined in (a) and (b) above.