From: Bethan Wallington Sent: 30 November 2017 12:22 To: DevelopmentControl Subject: FW: Motorway Service Area at Junction 6 M3 - 17/03487/FUL Attachments: Winslade Response A - General comments and objections.pdf; Winslade Response B - Analysis of Moto Planning Statement.pdf; Winslade Response C - Highway Safety, Traffic Impact and Need.pdf; Winslade Response D - Useof access off Dickens Lane.pdf From: John Raymond [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 November 2017 10:52 To: Bethan Wallington <[email protected]> Subject: Motorway Service Area at Junction 6 M3 - 17/03487/FUL **** PLEASE NOTE: This message has originated from a source external to Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, and has been scanned for viruses. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council reserves the right to store and monitor e-mails **** Dear Bethan As requested and further to our telephone conversation this morning, I am resending the submission from Winslade Parish Meeting concerning the M3 J6 Moto MSA application as one e-mail. Please see below and attached. On 23rd November these comments were submitted as five separate e-mails, four e-mails from me and one from our Transport Consultant, Simon Tucker, of David Thomas Associates. He was submitting Response C attached direct. Thank you for agreeing to ensure these responses do not appear duplicated on the B&DBC Planning web-site. Kind regards John Raymond for Winslade Parish Meeting From: John Raymond Sent: 23 November 2017 14:41 To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Ruffell ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Onnalee Cubitt ([email protected]) <[email protected]> Subject: Motorway Service Area at Junction 6 M3 - 17/03487/FUL Attention Ms Lucy Page - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Motorway Service Area at Junction 6 M3 - 17/03487/FUL Dear Ms Page WINSLADE PARISH MEETING - INTRODUCTORY NOTE Winslade Parish Meeting wishes to provide five separate submissions including this Introductory Note in response to the application from Moto Hospitality Ltd to build the MSA at M3 J6. Many of our residents at Home Farm Hackwood who are closest to and will be most directly affected by this development have met regularly and have been a part of the consultation process in preparing these submissions. As well as this Introductory Note Winslade PM will be submitting the following four additional responses: - RESPONSE A: GENERAL COMMENTS AND OBJECTIONS - RESPONSE B: ANALYSIS OF MOTO’S ‘PLANNING STATEMENT’ - RESPONSE C: HIGHWAY SAFETY, TRAFFIC IMPACT AND NEED - RESPONSE D: USE OF DICKENS LANE AS THE SITE ACCESS DURING CONSTRUCTION The first two submissions have been prepared by our planning advisor, Edward Dawson. Response A presenting the concerns we wish to raise covering the overall planning application; Response B specifically looking at with Moto’s ‘Planning Statement’. The third submission, Response C, studies the transport issues created by the application. It is prepared by the Transport Consultant, Simon Tucker, of David Tucker Associates, and will be submitted to you direct by Mr Tucker. 1 The forth submission prepared by me echoes one of the major concerns raised at our recent Parish Meetings, namely the proposed use of the farm gate off Dickens lane opposite Home Farm as the main means of access during the construction phase. It seems Moto has paid little attention to the practicalities of using this gate as the major construction access point. We do not see how clear safety and practical issues can be overcome. In preparing these submissions we have consulted with many local people and we have attended other Parish’s Meetings both north and south of the M3 when this application has been discussed. We echo the points raised by others that so much of this application runs contrary to clear Policies stated in the Local Plan that was only approved in May of last year. This development is outside any part of the Local Plan and as stated by Edward Dawson residents do not wish to see heritage assets dear to Basingstoke ‘jeopardised by peripheral haphazard development which is of no relevance to their lives and of no value to any generation, that is intended only to serve the passing motorist with no interest in Basingstoke.’ Safety is another important planning issue of concern. In the submission from ‘The Hampshire Highway Authority - Agency Agreement Response’ dated 3rd November 2016 in response to Moto’s Screening Application from October 2016, Reference: 16/03945/ENSC in their Note 10 commenting on Junction 6 it says: 10. The southern side of the circulatory route accommodates three traffic lines. Vehicles have been observed to make rapid progress through the southern side of the circulatory route. As motorists who frequently use Junction 6, it is clear to us Note 10 is correct. Coming south from London on the M3, J6 is an exit motorist can easily and do take quite fast. At the top of the slip road they see the traffic lights at the bottom on green, keep going fast and make on round the roundabout at the bottom. With the MSA built this fast moving traffic will meet HGVs crossing their path, HGVs heading for Black Dam, maybe onto Reading or Newbury, or heading on round the J6 roundabout north up the M3. The HGVs will be slow moving in first gear and at night not very visible as this traffic exiting at J6 approaches fast from the side. Our traffic consultant, Simon Tucker, in our Response D notes safety as an important planning matter not properly addressed by Moto. He points out that Moto has failed to supply the required ‘Road Safety Audit in accordance with HD19/15’. To make Junction 6 safe somehow traffic will need to be slowed down entering this small diameter roundabout. If they slow traffic down, road capacity decreases and dangerous queues in all directions form. It seems this could become a vicious circle. We look forward to seeing the Road Safety Audit that Mr Tucker calls for on which we will be able to comment in the future. At Winslade, being fortunate to have Grade 1 Hackwood Park in our midst with its many Grade 2 buildings and structures, we note the Local Plan emphases the importance of heritage assets and environmental issues. As well as the Grade 1 Parkland threatened by this application, we focus on the protection of the Loddon from pollution, and safeguarding the stunning landscape visible from Crabtree Plantation. We have noted concern about the sewerage that will be generated by this facility with its 5,000 visitors a day, when it is stated the Chineham facility has little spare capacity. Basingstoke does not need this extra burden on its infrastructure from this opportunistic proposal that seems to put little back into the community. ‘Need’ is a subject that is raised by many who have already submitted concerns. Basingstoke gains nothing and the M3 motorist gains nothing they could not find by venturing a few miles off at J6 if they cannot wait the 15 minutes to Fleet or Winchester. The impact is huge. Given this imbalance we ask that the application be refused. Kind regards John Raymond For Winslade Parish Meeting Winslade Down Winslade Basingstoke RG25 2NE 2 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Proposed Motorway Service Area at J6 M3 Application: 17/03487/FUL RESPONSE A: GENERAL COMMENTS AND OBJECTIONS Winslade Parish Meeting in association with Home Farm Hackwood residents Prepared by Edward Dawson Planning Advisor 23 November 2017 Proposed Motorway Service Area at J6 M3 Application: 17/03487/FUL RESPONSE A: GENERAL COMMENTS AND OBJECTIONS Winslade Parish Meeting in association with Home Farm Hackwood residents 1 Contents Background 3 Principle of Development 3 Nature of the Site 4 Concept of Sustainability 4 Unsustainable Site 5 Relationship to Basingstoke 5 Loss of Wildlife and Biodiversity 6 Quality of Design and appearance 6 Impact on Heritage 7 Landscape and Visual Intrusion 7 Effect on Local Highways 8 Water Resources and Drainage 8 Loss of Quality Agricultural Land 9 Conclusions 10 Proposed Motorway Service Area at J6 M3 Application: 17/03487/FUL RESPONSE A: GENERAL COMMENTS AND OBJECTIONS Winslade Parish Meeting in association with Home Farm Hackwood residents 2 Proposed Motorway Service Area at J6 M3 Application: 17/03487/FUL RESPONSE A: GENERAL COMMENTS AND OBJECTIONS Winslade Parish Meeting in association with Home Farm Hackwood residents Background These comments and objections are made on the application from Moto Hospitality for a Motorway Service Area proposed for junction 6 on the M3 at Basingstoke. They are made by the Winslade Parish Meeting in association with Home Farm residents, within the estate of Hackwood Park. This submission is made to fit the statutory period for public consultation on application 17/03487/FUL as lodged with the planning authority at Basingstoke and Deane. It is intended as an initial or preliminary response, and will be followed by more detailed commentary in amplification, and with further material points. The Winslade and Home Farm Group is concerned at the promotion of this scheme, which is not required, and which appears to have little or no support in the local area. The possible need or advantages of a new facility are strongly outweighed by the harm that would be caused. The transport and safety implications of a major service area on a busy road junction, and the entry point to the town of Basingstoke, are considerable, and unlikely to be resolved in the short or medium term. The proposal in an unspoilt rural area to the south of the town is a threat to the character of the countryside and is unwelcome either by those in town or country.