Object

Revised Development Strategy

Representation ID: 54356

Received: 29/07/2013

Respondent: Midland Red (South) Ltd. dba Stagecoach Midlands

Representation Summary:

The site is in the main, more than 400m from existing and potential improved bus services. Given that we do not see an effective means of providing a second bus corridor to serve this site, we do not consider it is a sustainable location.

Full text:

Stagecoach Midlands objects to the proposed allocation. The Company does not see that a viable bus service could be provided, as this area could foreseeably be within 400m of a quality public transport corridor. Planning applications made on adjoining land to the east (Grove Farm) and west (Lower Heathcote Farm) make no apparent provision for an efficient bus route linking through this land. In any case, as discussed above, even if a comprehensive approach is taken to deliver a bus corridor south of Harbury Lane, this would draw any service away from the existing development north of Harbury Lane, or lead to the splitting of the provision such that the frequency of service offered would not be sufficiently high to be attractive. We therefore submit that, with the possible exception of some limited development on the northern edges of the site, this option is not sustainable.