Oct REV6 Basingstoke Gateway Youtube Live Q&A Question Answer Currently Amazon deliveries are made in a fleet of • The AQ Assessments considers nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and Mercedes vans originating from a depot near Particulate Matter (PM10 & PM2.5) as these are the pollutants of Windsor. How much CO2 could be saved by concern when considering vehicular emissions (approach agreed consolidating these parcels into 44 foot wagons to with the local authority). Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant be broken down at that depot onto smaller delivery you would consider for an assessment of this nature. vehicles? • The team cannot comment on a specific retailer’s fleet and operation as it has no relevance to this application • Full response will be provided by the team following the Youtube live event Could these small delivery vehicles be electric • We cannot comment on this as an occupier has not been being recharged at an onsite charging station? confirmed yet, but any electric delivery vehicles could be charged on the site • Site will currently allow for provision of 10% of all vehicles to be charged with a priority parking location near entrance of the buildings to promote their use. Could that charging station be accessible as a new • This is self-contained development and therefore the charging M3 service area to enable other electric vehicles to stations will only be available to users of the site. recharge? Your green area on the other side of the M3 could be the southbound charging station fed by green electricity generated from the nearby biodigester? Oct REV6 The site will be operational post Brexit so what • The Distribution sector has seen significant growth in recent years, bonded or freeport status could it benefit from to and this has increased during pandemic. Online sales currently make it more viable? account for 30% of all retail sales and this is a trend that’s only set to continue going forward. • This trend is symbolic of amount of interest we’ve already had on site at all levels. The submission of this application underlines that we have one particular occupier who is already ready to take this forward to the site. Subject to approval, we are committed to be on site early next year to begin delivering a significant employment provision to the local area What local high tech industries (promoted by the • See above Enterprise M3 quango) would this be the export/import delivery hub for? Potentially a new hospital for Hampshire could be • We expect to be in discussions with HCC around the P/T package – built close by. What eco friendly transport systems, fixed / drt bus. Scheme proposals doesn’t prejudice any Rapid Transit such as a tram network, would the developer be system on the A30 prepared to co-fund or be made to fund via section 106 contributions? • As part of this full application we will enter into discussions with council on enhancing public transport; the exact means of the enhancement hasn’t yet been decided yet, but whatever is proposed will have wider benefit to the area. We can’t comment on specific nature of the hospital because it has no formal status. Another consideration is the potential for a rapid transport system on the A30 • S106: All the way through the process, we have been working collaboratively with landowners and the council, to ensure the development proposed wider benefits to the South-west corridor of Basingstoke. We believe that the proposed development will only help other developments that may come forward in future and would not prejudice their delivery. Does your local employment tally include the • Direct net jobs expected to be in the range of 813 - 1103 FTE jobs. potential vacancies generated by the local Between 236 – 320 additional indirect and induced jobs generated deliveries or transport links facilitated? by the proposed development at the district level. Oct REV6 • 1300 new jobs will be created- this reflects outline planning application assumptions, 1933 indirect jobs could be brought into the area; significant level of job creation; additional provision through RM plots potentially • Sustainable measures to enhance access to site for all users pedestrians, public transport, EV provision etc; all of wider benefit to existing community The site is within the Enterprise M3 development • Whilst we are not involved in discussions directly with others in quango area. What applications could Basingstoke regards to their input at the Enterprise Zone, we do recognise that and Deane Borough Council make to this quango this provides an opportunity for growth from London, mid to north to support this development? Hampshire and South West Surrey, with Basingstoke identified as a ‘growth town’. How is this facility likely to be impacted by a • Road Safety Audit will consider all highway conditions and the Basingstoke Freeze as it is at the summit of the hill? physical works will be adjusted accordingly. Road Surfacing will be in accordance with HCC statutory specification unless HCC suggest What additional road treatment and resurfacing is otherwise the developer or future tenant(s) able to support? • All of roads design to accommodate decent weather; we can’t comment on specific of road freezing at this time, but all highway proposals will be subject to road safety audits. If any physical works are required to make the highway proposals acceptable then the Council will fully pick up on this; this goes for road surfacing too. The communication regarding the last consultation • A second round of consultation has been organised in relation to was dreadful. What are you doing differently this the full proposals- this Q&A session forms part of that consultation. time? Can you confirm that these consultation • Our consultation website for the outline planning application sessions have been advertised to a wide area? received over 14,000 views, and 3,000 people providing comments, over 100 people also attended the Youtube live event/watched the YouTube live recording, we hope to reach out to the same amount, if not more, people during this second round of consultation, inviting feedback via email and the purpose made feedback forms. Oct REV6 • We have done a postal notification this time in response to the concerns that were raised. On the website there is a specific feedback form to address concerns going forward Can you comment on the hundreds of letters of • With any planning application, members of the public, stakeholders opposition and just a handful of letters of support and other consultees are able to comment on the proposals within that have been sent to the Council? the 21 day statutory consultation period. • The proposals have been designed in line with the aspirations of both the adopted local plan, and aspirations of future sites through the SHELAA; of which sites are identified for future sustainable growth. The rumours are that the tenant is Amazon – can • Contracts have not been finalised and signed and therefore you please comment on this? the occupier is confidential at this stage (see answers above) Wouldn’t this be Amazon’s biggest warehouse in • Iterative design process; we have looked at visual impact from Europe – over the double the size of their current inception of design; visual impact already low due to built in largest warehouse? Won’t this be visible for miles? mitigation; landform rising from this view point in combination with existing planting; we proposed additional strategic planting along southern edge of site which will provide further screening in time • Second view form higher end of footpath; from western edge of Dummer looking towards site; mostly hidden by rising topography and existing tree line along M3 embankment but there will be glimpses of the building beyond; Why can’t you lower the building or lower the • Comprehensive landscape and visual impact assessments have plateau to make it less obtrusive? been carried out in accordance with approved guidance and as part of this we’ve looked at zone of visual influence and have modelled the development in 3d and have produced a plan which shows the potential extent of views. We then go out on site and look at most sensitive viewpoints e.g. views from residents from houses and footpaths; also looked at views from road users. We then produced photomontages and superimpose the proposed development. The proposed building is sizeable; however, the design has sought to mitigate for any significant impact on visual amenity so by the time that planting established those impacts are Oct REV6 reduced to acceptable level. So, the development is well enclosed and contained by existing and proposed planting Isn’t the bund on the south of the M3 just a cheap • This application excludes bund area and as such no bund is way of dumping unwanted spoil from the main proposed as part of this full application. construction site? • The bund is specifically included in the outline to mitigate the impact of zones 2 and 3 and will mitigate and provide ecological enhancement for Zones 2 and 3 and is therefore beneficial; • Looking at key views (such as north of Dummer), our visual assessments show that development on zone 1 is only just visible at year zero (post development_ What guarantees can you provide that jobs will go • We looked at the amount of direct and indirect jobs as part of the to Basingstoke residents and not be advertised outline scheme initially. Now looking at full application we have nationally? been able to run this calculation a second time round in more detail. This scheme in particular will provide 1,300 direct jobs, and a higher GDP increase than we were expecting from outline predictions.