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02.07.2014 Views

include access on Phase 2 land on land between Moor Lane and Low Street (to the south of the application site) is pending consideration. This application is the subject of a separate report. 1.4 Consultations 1.4.1 Sherburn in Elmet Parish Council: Highways Issues There are significant deficiencies with the traffic forecasting and modelling work presented in particular the following needs to be addressed: • Discrepancies in traffic routing presented. • Junction blocking with Wolsey Court and Church Hill. • Traffic signal capacity modelling incorrect. • Saturation flows are flawed. • Intergreens are a significant reduction from the periods required to allow safe operation of traffic signals and NYCC need to review this. • Queue lengths presented are inaccurate. • Pedestrian crossing at Low Street/Moor Lane figures are flawed. • Sherburn Enterprise Park access will mean more vehicles going through Sherburn. • Modelling is not sufficiently robust. The Parish Council must stress that all we are asking for is a fair and accurate assessment of the situation which recognises the reality on the ground. Video footage presented makes it easy to identify the number of vehicles which can pass through the Low Street/Moor Lane junction under congestion type conditions and differ from the figures presented by the developer. We can state with 100% certainty that neither Bryan G Hall, NYCC nor Optima can produce video footage demonstrating that this approach can handle the amount of traffic they are claiming. A further response was received on 22 August 2012: The Parish Council confirms the comments submitted by Councillor Paul Doherty on 7 August 2012 are the views of the Parish Council and expect the County to provide a response to the issues raised. If the County has evidence that the views we have expressed in relation to highways issues are wrong they must reveal this information. If they cannot dispute the points we raise and do nothing to address the issues then that is maladministration. We remain concerned about the plans for educational provision for Sherburn and we are not convinced that the County Council has had regard to all potential future developments in the village. We rely on the Officers to ensure the County’s proposals are robust and to challenge them if they are not. 176

The Parish Council are not sure what funds will be available or when but additional funds for the benefit of the community are essential if such a large development is allowed. There are various projects ongoing at present. The 106 Agreement should provide as wide as possible a definition for the use of 106 money so it can be spent on whatever the village needs. This might not be recreational open space but may include contributions to various projects currently underway in the village including improvements to the village centre, the opening up and improvement of Sherburn High School facilities to the wider community and improvements within Eversley Park, including potential youth provision. Clearly without knowing how much money will be available and when, it is impossible to be specific but the lack of facilities is there for all to see and if there is to be development improvements are essential through developer contributions. 1.4.2 Selby District Council - Development Policy Local Plan Housing figures were originally based on the County Structure Plan and planned for a higher rate of development than current RSS targets. The Local Plan took consideration of this planned growth and set a target on 600 dwellings per annum (dpa) and allocated land accordingly. The subsequent RSS proposed an annual target of 440 dpa, much lower than the 600 dpa proposed at the start of the Local Plan in 2005. However the SDLP allocations remain based on a higher requirement. SHB/1(B) is a Phase 2 site as set out in Inset map 54 of SDLP. The subject site sits within a Phase 2 allocation. SHB/1(B) Low Street, Sherburn in Elmet has a total area of 39.30 (ha) and at the time of adoption an indicative capacity of 900+ dwellings as set out in Policy H2. H2A sets out the proposed release of Phase 2 sites only after 2006 and only if monitoring shows a potential shortfall of the required annual delivery of 440 in the RSS. At the Full Council Meeting on 13 September 2011, Councillors heard that the Council could no longer demonstrate a 5 year housing supply and must take action to boost land supply in the interim period until such time that the SADPD was adopted (where it would thus provide 15 years supply of land). The Officer’s report sets out that there was less than a 5 years supply of land which meant that Phase 2 sites could be released in accordance with SDLP Policy thus boosting housing land availability. However the Phase 2 sites could in theory deliver over 2000 dwellings which is far in excess of the amount required to boost the 5 years supply in that 18 month period. 177

include access on Phase 2 l<strong>and</strong> on l<strong>and</strong> between Moor Lane <strong>and</strong> Low<br />

Street (to the south of the application site) is pending consideration.<br />

This application is the subject of a separate report.<br />

1.4 Consultations<br />

1.4.1 Sherburn in Elmet Parish Council:<br />

Highways Issues<br />

There are significant deficiencies <strong>with</strong> the traffic forecasting <strong>and</strong><br />

modelling work presented in particular the following needs to be<br />

addressed:<br />

• Discrepancies in traffic routing presented.<br />

• Junction blocking <strong>with</strong> Wolsey Court <strong>and</strong> Church Hill.<br />

• Traffic signal capacity modelling incorrect.<br />

• Saturation flows are flawed.<br />

• Intergreens are a significant reduction from the periods required<br />

to allow safe operation of traffic signals <strong>and</strong> NYCC need to<br />

review this.<br />

• Queue lengths presented are inaccurate.<br />

• Pedestrian crossing at Low Street/Moor Lane figures are flawed.<br />

• Sherburn Enterprise Park access will mean more vehicles going<br />

through Sherburn.<br />

• Modelling is not sufficiently robust.<br />

The Parish Council must stress that all we are asking for is a fair <strong>and</strong><br />

accurate assessment of the situation which recognises the reality on<br />

the ground. Video footage presented makes it easy to identify the<br />

number of vehicles which can pass through the Low Street/Moor Lane<br />

junction under congestion type conditions <strong>and</strong> differ from the figures<br />

presented by the developer.<br />

We can state <strong>with</strong> 100% certainty that neither Bryan G Hall, NYCC nor<br />

Optima can produce video footage demonstrating that this approach<br />

can h<strong>and</strong>le the amount of traffic they are claiming.<br />

A further response was received on 22 August 2012:<br />

The Parish Council confirms the comments submitted by Councillor<br />

Paul Doherty on 7 August 2012 are the views of the Parish Council <strong>and</strong><br />

expect the County to provide a response to the issues raised. If the<br />

County has evidence that the views we have expressed in relation to<br />

highways issues are wrong they must reveal this information. If they<br />

cannot dispute the points we raise <strong>and</strong> do nothing to address the<br />

issues then that is maladministration.<br />

We remain concerned about the plans for educational provision for<br />

Sherburn <strong>and</strong> we are not convinced that the County Council has had<br />

regard to all potential future developments in the village. We rely on<br />

the Officers to ensure the County’s proposals are robust <strong>and</strong> to<br />

challenge them if they are not.<br />

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