Dear Friends
and Residents of Galmpton
The GRA has received a letter from
David Pickhaver, a Senior Strategic Planner at Torbay, advising
us that, while we will be able to comment on specific developments
through the Local Development Framework Core Strategy (due summer
2009) the Regional Spatial Strategy sets the overall level of
development. The deadline for our comments is 17th Oct
2008.
The amended draft plan
is available at http://gosw.limehouse.co.uk/portal/regional_strategies/drss?pointId=1206445417954
It is not the most readable
document and is a feast of jargon. The preface and first couple
of sections give the general flavour while the section specifically
referring to Torbay is 4.1.40
This is the plan:-
Torbay SSCT
Torbay will regenerate
its roles as a tourism, employment and service centre, tackling
concentrations of multiple deprivation, by providing for:
• tourism
development in Torquay, Paignton and Brixham; and
• enhancement
of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham town centres for retail
and other services
• land
and premises to support diversification of the economy
• re-use
of previously developed land and buildings.
Provision for
sustainable housing growth will comprise:
• 7,200
new homes within the existing urban area of Torbay (Torbay)
• 7,800
new homes at Area of Search 5A to the west of Torbay (Torbay)
Provision for
about 11,700 jobs should be made in the Torquay and Paignton/Totnes
TTWAs (of which about 10,100 should be in the Torbay HMA) over
the plan period together including the provision of about 29
ha of employment land.
Transport outcomes
Action should
be taken to improve movement and accessibility for all on the
corridor between Brixham and Newton Abbot. This should comprise:
• demand
management measures
• sustainable
travel measures; and
• if
necessary targeted new infrastructure investment to unlock
pinch points.
On the face of it, Galmpton will not
be directly affected - apart from losing part of the Common
"To eliminate pinch points" - but that is before those
who are affected have acted to have the plan changed.
If you have any comments,
please put them through the regional Strategies website and
send a copy to grasecretary@galmptontorbay.org.uk
Many thanks
Peter Royle
pp GRA Secretary
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