Local Plan to 2030 - Publication Draft SITE POLICIES Ashford Urban Area Eureka Park Content
KCC confirms that contributions will be required from this development to accommodate the additional educational need generated by the proposed development. Contributions towards the provision of County Council Services including facilities for delivering early help and other services within the new community building at Court Lodge will also be required.
The County Council – as Local Minerals and Waste Planning Authority - confirms that, according to British Geological Survey safeguarding data, Sandstone (Sandgate Formation and Folkestone Formation) and Sub-alluvial River Terrace Deposits are present within the allocated site and are vulnerable to sterilisation. As set out in the adopted Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2013-2030, Policy CSM 5: Land-won Mineral Safeguarding and Policy DM 7: Safeguarding Mineral Resources detail how minerals o
This allocated site is crossed by a number of Public Rights of Way used regularly for recreational exercise. This policy recognises the importance of these routes and the Service supports the inclusion of paragraphs 4.229 and 4.23 in respect of a "Parkland" feel.
Policy S20 allocates up to 300 dwellings on the site known as 'Eureka Park'. In line with paragraph 162 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG), we have undertaken an assessment of our infrastructure, including its ability to meet the forecast demand for the proposed development. That assessment reveals that: (i) additional local sewerage infrastructure would be required to accommodate the proposed development (involving making a co
Overall we are pleased to note that matters of interest to us have been addressed and as such we consider the sound. We do however, have a few comments to make and suggested amendments for clarification purposes. Policy S20 - Eureka Park This site is partially located within a Source Protection Zone 3 for a potable groundwater abstraction located to the north. Site Investigation and Risk Assessment may be required to ensure there is no unacceptable pollution to controlled waters from historic
Waterbodies to the centre of the site should be sensitively treated in terms of site layout, forming a key part of the landscape strategy. Further, the screen of proposed trees to the north west of the site should be retained and enhanced as part of an ecological network through the site. It is agreed that the site should be accessed from Trinity Road. The shops at Eureka Place can be accessed from Trinity Road too. There needs to be as defensible landscaped boundary to the golf course to ensur
Quadrant Estates (Quadrant Estates) 10 Aug 2016
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Kent Wildlife Trust (Vanessa Evans) 10 Aug 2016
Policy S20 Eureka Park Kent Wildlife Trust objects to the proposed allocation at Eureka Park for mixed commercial and residential use. We do not support the residential use of this site. This relates mainly to increasing recreational pressure upon The Warren Local Wildlife Site (AS25) and this is because the allocation now includes housing as well as employment purposes. We would like to see inclusion in this policy the need to prevent this; and where this is not possible to implement mitigatio
Westwell Parish Council (Anton… 10 Aug 2016
Inconsistencies between Site Policy S20 – Eureka Park and NPPF (Paras 113, 114 & 115) and ENV and TRA Topic Policies in the Draft Local Plan make Policy (S20) unsound. This is explained in more detail in attached Appendix: Appendix Westwell Parish Council response to ABC Local Plan Consultation Site S20 – Eureka park Introduction Westwell is a rural parish located immediately adjacent to the north-west edge of urban Ashford. Since the creation of the Greater Ashford Development Framework
POLICY S20 – EUREKA PARK Policy S20 proposes the Eureka Park site is allocated as a mixed use development for a mix of commercial (around 20ha) and up to 300 dwellings. The Policy states that the development shall provide "a proportionate financial contribution towards the repayments of the forward funding that delivered the M20 Junction 9 & Drovers roundabout improvements." To date neither the Local Plan nor its transport evidence base has confirmed that existing M20 Junction 9 can accommoda