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Reserved Matters application for Phase 1 Valley Park
Amended plans July 2023
Reserved Matters application relating to Phase 1T of Outline Planning Permission P14/V2873/O for scale, layout, landscape and appearance comprising 246 new homes with associated infrastructure with 35% affordable housing. (Outline planning application for a residential development of up to 4,254 dwellings, mixed-use local centres, primary schools, sports pitches, community and leisure facilities, special needs school, open space and extensive green infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping, attenuation areas, diversions to public rights of way, pedestrian and vehicular access and associated works)
Location Phase 1 Valley Park Didcot
Amended plans July 2023
| P22/V2744/RM |
Reserved Matters application for Phase 1 Valley Park |
|---|---|
| Status | Objects |
| Major application? | Major |
| Registration Date | 17 November, 2022 |
| Consultation Start Date | 23 November, 2022 |
| Consultation End Date | 21 December, 2022 |
| Target Decision Date | 16 February, 2023 |
| PC Meeting Date | 25 July, 2023 |
| PC Comments | Response to amended application July 2023 - Original comments still apply. Response to original application Dec 2022 - Objection to document as it currently stands, with the following concerns: Solar panels promised by developer in recent meetings with local residents but not in application. There are no housing designs shown with any solar provision. We expect the application to reflect the statements Taylor Wimpey are making to the community. Concerned that some of the gardens do not meet the VOWH design guidance. It would be expected, for a brand new development, that these standards should be met at a minimum. Concerned with layout of some gardens regarding access. As a single good example, plot 63 & 64. It seems unreasonable for the residents of 64 to follow passageway around 63's garden for their access. Concerned that the plan layout does not accommodate the mature trees already in situ. Feel that too many are being removed. Design could have been planned around the existing trees. Council reiterates its disappointment in lack of commitment to 2025 sustainability standards for all phases of this development. One would hope that the cost of living crisis, especially energy costs, would have prompted a rethink from developers but evidently not Council reiterates concerns that there is a lack of health care provision in Didcot to support the new housing. This needs to be addressed in the phasing plan - i.e cannot release stock until provision is in place. Lack of Cycling infrastructure Northern and Eastern boundaries? Footpath on Northern boundary should be open to cyclists too - plan for how it will be used! No footpath on eastern boundary - plan it like how people will use it! This phase will deliver 250 properties with no amenities. When will the footpaths on the boundary, but not in the plan site, including access to Cow Lane, be completed? Also identify completion dates for; Play area opening, Common park and Cow Lane improvements not due till 2026 - these amenities should be open earlier Also concerns around location of play area by main road. |
| Neighbours? | |
| Vale Decision Date | |
| Vale Decision | No decision yet |
| Vale Link | P22/V2744/RM Application Link |
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