Object

Representation ID: 66644

Received: 26/06/2014

Respondent: Place Partnership Limited (PPL)

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Policy DS15 makes no mention of the police infrastructure that will be required to support the development of the Strategic Sites. This is surprising and of concern for two reasons.
Firstly, the Council's 'Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - April 2014' makes reference to the following infrastructure requirements under the heading 'Emergency Services': -

*Police: Safer Neighbourhood Team Police Offices - 3 additional offices at Europa Way, Lower Heathcote Farm and Thickthorn

*Other police equipment and costs - A range of other "CIL Compliant" costs including vehicles, communications technology and surveillance equipment, training, uniform and personal equipment

This confirms that the Council accepts that additional police infrastructure will be required to deliver policing services to the strategic sites.

Secondly, at the time of writing strategic site H02 (South of Harbury Lane, including the former sewage works), the H23 site (Bishops Tachbrook - Land south of the school), unallocated sites by Europa Way and Bishop's Tachbrook have all been subject to the following recent planning applications: -

*W/14/0300 - The Asps, Warwick - 900 dwellings - Barwood Strategic Land II LLP - Refused - 30 May 2014 (Appendix 1)

*W/14/0661 - Land at Lower Heathcote Farm - 785 dwellings - Gallagher Estates (see Appendix 2 of the full submission)

*W/14/0681 - Land South of Gallows Hills - 450 dwellings - Gallagher Estate (see full submission Appendix 3)

*W/14/0689 - Land off Oakley Wood Road - 150 dwellings - Bloor Homes (see full submission Appendix 4)

*W/14/0763 - Land off Seven Acre Close - 25 dwellings - A.C. Lloyd Homes Ltd ( see full submission Appendix 5)

To each application we submitted representations in respect of the need for the development concerned to provide police infrastructure. These are enclosed as per the appendices indicated above. At the time of writing, four of the planning applications are still in the process of being determined.

As planning applications are made in relation to the other strategic sites, we will submit similar representations requesting developer contributions towards police infrastructure.

Given all of the above we contend that as presently drafted, Policy DS15 undermines the delivery of the infrastructure necessary to deliver policing services to the strategic sites. It is therefore ineffective and unsound currently.