Draft Plan Consultation - Full responses to Regulation 14 collated by respondents plus analysis No. Response Text Draft • City Plan Team Summary City Plan Team Action Plan Policy Ref. 1 I live on Skellgarths and today received your booklet through the door. 1 Skellgarths is a busy, vehicle polluted road. My concern is C6 • Not in favour of The City Plan proposes that that you refer to traffic calming measures around the pedestrianisation / the impact of any traffic Cathedral and along Low Skellgate, but how are you going precinct of Minster Road management measures achieve this? Traffic cannot be diverted down this road, and traffic calming along would need to be because the road cannot take the current traffic flow. G1 Low Skellgate investigated in policy G.1. Traffic is banked up along this road every morning and tea time. More traffic will only exacerbate the poor air quality • Address air pollution Highways List on this road and simply move the air quality problems of Skellgate Low Skellgate to a different road. In view of all the above, like your reassurance that traffic will not be diverted down • Cathedral – Minster Road Skellgarths. concern re: effect on other roads 1 I would also like to point out that there is very little parking C1 • Need for residents’ car The City Plan proposes available for residents who live in the centre of town, like parking increased parking as part of ourselves. It would be a nice gesture if some areas were policy C.1 but how this is allotted for this purpose. managed and utilised is an operational issue. Highways List 2 Draft Plan - Policy Map (page 21) I see from the above that E1 • Inclusion of unsuitable The City Plan Policy E.1 the open field, to the North and West of my property falls land within windfall area Windfall Housing. This only inside the "Windfall Housing Priority Area" (page 13 - policy applies to the redevelopment E1) and has not been allocated "Protected Open Space" F1 • Exclusion of land from of brownfield sites. This site status. protected open space does not make a significant policy contribution to the City’s visual amenity. 2 This field falls within the Environment Agency flood zone A4 • Unsuitability of particular The City Plan Policy A.4 risk 2 category. It is assumed from the recent ground work site for development as shows Flood Zone 3b, the survey, which has just taken place on the land in that area, within zone 2 functional flood plain, on the that it is once again being examined in relation to some sort Policies Map. Proposals on of development. I have previously written to the council A6 • Unsuitability of particular land within Flood Zone 2 expressing my deep reservations regarding the site for development as need to address the "Management of Flood Risk and Sustainable Drainage" and within gypsum area C requirements of that zone to "Managing Unstable land" aspects (page 05 - policy A4 and meet the policy. A6). The City Plan Policy A.6 seeks to put in place up-to-date procedures for proposed developments in areas of unstable land. Procedures for development. 2 Having lived in this property for 31 years I believe I know A4 The City Plan does not the risks more than anyone else in the area. Can you please A 6 propose development on this confirm that no development is intended. If not I would, site. once again, like to register my deepest reservations because of the reasons detailed above. 3 Cycling - the plan says much about increasing car parking, G3 • Cycling - no detailed plan The City Plan Policy G.3 is to but very little detail on how cycling will be encouraged. support an improvement in Cities that score high for 'livability' discourage private motor provision. More detail would cars from centres and promote cycling and walking. There expect to be provided by are no cycle lanes in Ripon and cycle parking is limited. In Project G.3 “Cycling Strategy other cities (including York) where cycle lanes and paths and Action Plan”. have been increased, the number of bike journeys have risen dramatically. We should aim to have cycle lanes on every major route into the city and on access routes to schools and business parks. 3 Music venue - The UK is a world leader in music, from far Project • No mention of need for The City Plan identifies this and wide. But Ripon does not have a music venue that F1 theatre project in order to support could accommodate a large crowd. It would be good for our this concept but as there isn’t cultural life and economy if we specifically encouraged currently a deliverable creation of a live venue. project it is felt that it isn’t possible to include a specific policy about this. 4 I am very concerned about the increased level of traffic that B3 B4 • Effect traffic will have on The City Plan Policies B.3 and will result due to the proposed B.3 and B.4 proposals. I live G1 Bishopton Lane B.4 recognise the need to at ---------- address highways issues resulting from this redevelopment. Highways List 4 The Doublegates development resulted in a significant G1 • Would like changes to the The City Plan Policy G.1 increase in traffic using Bishopton Lane, to a level I consider highway infrastructure encourages the Highway excessive given the very narrow bends in the road at this end. It is desirable to see the developments as planned go Authority to look at new ahead however some level of traffic speed control MUST be highways. included in the plan. I regularly witness vehicles traveling in both directions at speeds well in excess of 30mph. The Traffic calming issues on the footpath in one section is not even wide enough to existing highway network is a accommodate people with children in buggies and this management issue and necessitates them walking on the road round this corner. cannot be addressed in a There has been many minor accidents at this point and any Neighbourhood Plan. further increase in traffic will, sooner or later result in a major incident. We urgently require speed bumps now to Highways List control the speed of traffic on Bishopton Lane. If the proposed developments result in a further increase in traffic I feel a one way system should be introduced from Studley Road as far as the junction with Ash Bank Road. 5 I think the proposed new road from Firby Lane to Low G1 • Importance of Firby Lane / The City Plan Policy G.1 Skellgate is vitally important and should be given priority. Low Skellgate specifically identifies this The traffic lights at the bottom of High Skellgate cause a road scheme due to the bottle neck. Some mornings I have to queue on issues highlighted. Blossomgate to get through these lights. This traffic congestion is why the pollution levels around this area are Highways List at unacceptable levels and the Council have a legal responsibility to do something to reduce this pollution which is damaging to health. 5 The proposed development of the old swimming baths, the C5 G1 • Implementation should be The City Plan identifies this improvements to the hospital area and the development of J1 conditional upon Firby scheme within Policy G.1. the land East of Firby Lane whilst welcome will make this congestion and pollution worse. Therefore, the highway Lane / Low Skellgate Policy J.1 planning scheme should be made a condition of these developments. scheme obligations will also apply to the redevelopment of the Ripon Hospital / Spa Baths Regeneration area which may contribute towards this scheme. Highways List 5 The footpaths up High Skellgate should also be made wider C1 • Improve footpaths / city The City Plan identifies this and safer as part of this scheme as they are currently G4 centre accessibility on type of improvement in dangerous for pedestrians. Re-routing the buses would High Skellgate policy G.4 and part of High help with this. Skellgate is identified as an action / improvement area as part of Policy C.1 together with Market Place and Westgate. Highways List 6 Policy A6 - Very sensible A6 • Supportive of policy Noted 6 Policy B1 - Fully support this B1 • Supportive of policy Noted 6 Policy B3 - Seems well thought out and I fully support this, B3 • Supportive of policy Noted particularly the incorporation of the military roads and the particularly in relation to thoughts about the open land and woodland beyond the roads and woodland Highways List regeneration area G1 • Supportive of Noted incorporation of military roads 6 Policy B4 - Opening up of Chatham Road is a priority B3 B4 • Supportive of policy Noted particularly road re- Highways List opening G1 • Supportive of Noted incorporation of military roads 6 Policy B5 - New road would be very welcome B5 • Supportive of policy Noted G1 • Supportive of Mallorie Noted Park Drive / Studley Road proposal 6 Policy C1 - Be careful about providing too many shops - C1 • Concern about impact of The City Plan Policy C.1. there is a danger of harming existing businesses and more shops Although the plan advocates creating too many empty shops in the event of economic some more retail it also hard times allows for the conversion of redundant shops which no longer meet current needs. 6 Policies E1/2/3 - Sensible proposals fully supported E1 • Supportive of policy Noted E2 • Supportive of policy Noted E3 • Supportive of policy Noted 6 Policy F4 - Eminently sensible given the long waiting lists for F4 • Supportive of policy Noted allotments - fully supported 6 Policy F5 - Fully supported F5 • Supportive of policy Noted 6 Policy F7 - Very sensible - fully supported F7 • Supportive of policy Noted 6 Project F1 - Worth carrying out a feasibility study - although