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DM25 Parking Standards - Preferred Option
Representation ID: 25352
Received: 30/04/2010
Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee
The parking standard for flatted development of one space per flat is unadequate.
As an example, there is a block of flats at the end of the road where I live where one car, or a van is regularly parked right across the pavement, impeding pedestrians, especially anyone with a pushchair, and one or two other cars are frequently parked over the grass verge, cuasing ruts in the grass.
The planning authority should lobby the County Council and the governement to produce a more generous parking standard for flats (at least one and a half spaces per flat)
The parking standard for flatted development of one space per flat is unadequate.
As an example, there is a block of flats at the end of the road where I live where one car, or a van is regularly parked right across the pavement, impeding pedestrians, especially anyone with a pushchair, and one or two other cars are frequently parked over the grass verge, cuasing ruts in the grass.
The planning authority should lobby the County Council and the governement to produce a more generous parking standard for flats (at least one and a half spaces per flat)
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DM24 Other Important Landscape Features - Preferred Option
Representation ID: 25524
Received: 29/04/2010
Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee
Within the townscape there are features which can be valuable visually, as well as to flora and fauna.
Often, when an old established garden (particularly the extensive grounds of an older house) is re-developed, there is no protection for any part of it (other than trees given T.P.O.s). The earthmovers strip out all vegetation before development commences, yet such gardens can contain features, such as ornamental hedges, shrub borders and ponds which are every bit as valuable for wildlife conservation as countryside hedges and field ponds - as well as being visually attractive within the urban context. Thought should be given to how such features might be retained within a new development.
Within the townscape there are features which can be valuable visually, as well as to flora and fauna.
Often, when an old established garden (particularly the extensive grounds of an older house) is re-developed, there is no protection for any part of it (other than trees given T.P.O.s). The earthmovers strip out all vegetation before development commences, yet such gardens can contain features, such as ornamental hedges, shrub borders and ponds which are every bit as valuable for wildlife conservation as countryside hedges and field ponds - as well as being visually attractive within the urban context. Thought should be given to how such features might be retained within a new development.
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DM24 Other Important Landscape Features - Preferred Option
Representation ID: 25525
Received: 29/04/2010
Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee
One feature not included in the list is old Orchards/Fruit trees. It is recognised that there is a need to preserve these, as so few now remain. Rarer varieties of apple and pear trees can easily be lost when development rakes place (particularly when only a single tree or a small cluster of trees survive from what was once an orchard, and the significance is therefore not noticed). Unfortunately, fruit trees are not subject to tree preservation orders, so they have no real protection in the planning system. Yet old established fruit trees can be very valuable for wildlife, particularly for bird species, such as hawfinch, bullfinch and lesser-spotted woodpecker.
One feature not included in the list is old Orchards/Fruit trees. It is recognised that there is a need to preserve these, as so few now remain. Rarer varieties of apple and pear trees can easily be lost when development rakes place (particularly when only a single tree or a small cluster of trees survive from what was once an orchard, and the significance is therefore not noticed). Unfortunately, fruit trees are not subject to tree preservation orders, so they have no real protection in the planning system. Yet old established fruit trees can be very valuable for wildlife, particularly for bird species, such as hawfinch, bullfinch and lesser-spotted woodpecker.
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DM30 Upper Floor Locations in Town Centres - Alternative Option
Representation ID: 25526
Received: 29/04/2010
Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee
There are distinct advantages to having residential accommodation above shops and commercial premises in town centres. People living very close to, or in, town centres tend to use the shops rather than go out of town, because it is convenient to do so. This helps to ensure the town centre shops have a source of custom. Also, it helps to ensure town centres do not become "dead areas" after the shops' closing times. Residents are inclined to report vandalism/rowdy behaviour to the police, because it is in their interests to do so. In addition, town centre residential use reduces pressure to build new residential development on the edges of towns, thus preserving the green belt, and preventing urban sprawl. For these reasons, I am inclined to support the alternative DM30 Option, rather than the preferred option, to get as much accommodation as possible. The question of parking provision is not mentioned in the text. However, it is important to consider this aspect in relation to town centre accommodation.
There are distinct advantages to having residential accommodation above shops and commercial premises in town centres. People living very close to, or in, town centres tend to use the shops rather than go out of town, because it is convenient to do so. This helps to ensure the town centre shops have a source of custom. Also, it helps to ensure town centres do not become "dead areas" after the shops' closing times. Residents are inclined to report vandalism/rowdy behaviour to the police, because it is in their interests to do so. In addition, town centre residential use reduces pressure to build new residential development on the edges of towns, thus preserving the green belt, and preventing urban sprawl. For these reasons, I am inclined to support the alternative DM30 Option, rather than the preferred option, to get as much accommodation as possible. The question of parking provision is not mentioned in the text. However, it is important to consider this aspect in relation to town centre accommodation.
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DM7 Local List - Preferred Option
Representation ID: 25527
Received: 29/04/2010
Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee
Defining the Poilcy for the Local List is all very well, but at present there is no Local List! The sooner the Planning Authority reintroduce the Local List the better.
Defining the Poilcy for the Local List is all very well, but at present there is no Local List! The sooner the Planning Authority reintroduce the Local List the better.
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DM26 Traffic Management - Preferred Option
Representation ID: 25528
Received: 29/04/2010
Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee
One way of promoting safe cycling within the district would be to ensure that at least the spine road of any new development, and/or preferably all of the new side roads as well, had a separate cycle lane. It is far easier to design in a cycle lane from the start, rather than try to add one to a road at a later date. Even on quieter roads a cycle lane has benefits - it reduces the likelihood that children (and other cyclists) will ride on pavements for instance. It also adds a feeling of spaciousness to a new development. In the past, grass verges had the effect of creating an open feel, and of separating pedestrians from road traffic. Grass verges are not encouraged in new developments because of maintenance requirements, but to some extent a cycle lane can perform the same function.
One way of promoting safe cycling within the district would be to ensure that at least the spine road of any new development, and/or preferably all of the new side roads as well, had a separate cycle lane. It is far easier to design in a cycle lane from the start, rather than try to add one to a road at a later date. Even on quieter roads a cycle lane has benefits - it reduces the likelihood that children (and other cyclists) will ride on pavements for instance. It also adds a feeling of spaciousness to a new development. In the past, grass verges had the effect of creating an open feel, and of separating pedestrians from road traffic. Grass verges are not encouraged in new developments because of maintenance requirements, but to some extent a cycle lane can perform the same function.
