Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan

Object

Representation ID: 1299

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

Policy SP4 of the adopted Local Plan is applicable to all proposals for development on the edge of Bourne and indicates that such proposals require local support. However, as part of the review it is noted that the Policy is to be amended as part of the Local Plan Review to relate solely to new residential development. The Examiner’s report into the adopted Local Plan considered the need for local community support for all developments on the edge of settlements (not just residential development) ‘to be an entirely appropriate provision for locations where, ordinarily, communities may reasonably expect development not to take place. I see nothing inherently unsound in community support being part of the basis for what are exceptional circumstances. The BPNP Steering Group therefore strongly objects to the proposed change as it would remove the need for other types of development on the edge of the settlement to have community support.

Support

Representation ID: 1301

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

The Policy lists 6 sites in Bourne for protection. However, there appears to be some discrepancy between this list and the Policies Map as follows:

1. The Lincolnshire Herbs site on Spalding Rd (E7) is referred to in the table but has been excluded from the Policies Map.
2. There is a site of 5.5ha located on land between South Fen Rd and Tunnel Bank which is identified on the Policies Map but which does not appear to be listed in the table.
3. Approximately 18ha of land is identified as ‘east of Cherry Holt Rd’ on the Policies Map. However, this site is not included in the table.
4. The table includes a site of 15ha at South Fen Rd which does not appear on the Policies Map.

Support

Representation ID: 1303

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

The introduction of a policy to assist in the delivery of Biodiversity Net Gain is warmly welcomed as is the Biodiversity Opportunity and Green Infrastructure Mapping which highlights the existing ecological network and indicates where the best opportunities lie for improvement in the extent, condition and overall connectivity of the network.

Appendix 1 of the Local Plan Review (Principles for Development within Biodiversity Opportunity Areas), to which Policy 4 refers, includes two distinct categories of ‘opportunity for creation’. However, the associated mapping does not make any distinction between the two categories.

Support

Representation ID: 1305

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

Bourne and surrounding communities are included in the Project Groundwater initiative managed by the Environment Agency and funded by DEFRA. The project aims to develop a greater understanding of groundwater and how it can be managed both in terms of flood risk and as a resource. While the project is expected to take several years to complete, it could have implications for development and inform future thinking on how groundwater challenges are approached. Reference should therefore be made to Project Groundwater in the text associated with the policy.

Support

Representation ID: 1307

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

The Steering Group notes the inclusion of this policy. However, the Car Dyke is an ancient man-made water course which traverses South Kesteven and runs along the western fen edge from Peterborough to Lincoln. The Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer indicates that it is the largest of the known Romano-British canals, and it is an important feature of the Roman landscape in the fens. Relatively small sections of the Dyke are Scheduled including an area between Bourne and the village of Dyke. Consequently, as with the Grantham Canal, a policy should be introduced to safeguard the Car Dyke and support proposals designed to develop its recreational, nature conservation, heritage and tourism potential.

Object

Representation ID: 1784

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

Strongly objects to the statement that ‘All major development (as defined in the Glossary) must demonstrate compliance with (and any subsequent versions) Neighbourhood Plans’. While Policy DE1 identifies an extensive raft of design principles, greater clarity is needed to understand how these will be applied. It is assumed that. this clarity is to be provided by the proposed preparation of a Design Code for the District.

Object

Representation ID: 1785

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

The policy would benefit from further explanation of how it is to be applied in practice. For example, the policy sets a standard of 1.6ha of outdoor sports facilities within 1200m of a development. Where a site is not within 1200m it is unclear what scale of development would be expected to generate on-site provision rather than a financial contribution and how that contribution would be calculated.

Support

Representation ID: 1786

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

The Bourne Parish Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group supports the allocation of land to the north-east of the town as this accords with the locational growth strategy recommended to, and agreed by, the Town Council and set out in the Housing Sites Assessment Background Paper (October 2023). However, the Steering Group has several comments regarding the development principles.
- Benefit in preparing a single masterplan for both SKPR-53 and SKPR-83.
- Dwellings should front onto open space proposed alongside dyke
- Part of the site adjacent to Bourne Academy should be reserved to facilitate expansion.
- Considers essential that the development principles highlight the need for strong links across Car dyke for pedestrians and cyclists.
- Site SKPR-53 is not within a Green Infrastructure Area and requires amendment.

Support

Representation ID: 1787

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

The Bourne Parish Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group supports the allocation of land to the north-east of the town as this accords with the locational growth strategy recommended to, and agreed by, the Town Council and set out in the Housing Sites Assessment Background Paper (October 2023). However, the Steering Group has several comments regarding the development principles.
- Benefit in preparing a single masterplan for both SKPR-53 and SKPR-83.
- Dwellings should front onto open space proposed alongside dyke
- Part of the site adjacent to Bourne Academy should be reserved to facilitate expansion.
- Considers essential that the development principles highlight the need for strong links across Car dyke for pedestrians and cyclists.

Object

Representation ID: 1788

Received: 25/04/2024

Respondent: Bourne Town Council

While the policy is related to the provision of infrastructure required as a result of new development, it should be recognised that there are significant existing infrastructure issues in Bourne. The BPNP Steering Group has outlined key issues in relation to transport infrastructure in its response to Policy ID2. Other issues include schools which are recognised as being at or close to capacity by the Local Education Authority and difficulties accessing healthcare and dentists. Further comment on the provision of school infrastructure has been made in response to the proposed housing allocations: Policy SKPR-53 Land at Mill Drove and Policy SKPR-83 – Land North of Mill Drove.