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Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) - Revised Proposed Submission 2016
Policy DS5 - Transport, Access and Public Realm
Representation ID: 2883
Received: 16/12/2016
Respondent: Southend BID
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Transport and Access into the Town is a key theme and in order to deliver the aspired number of new dwellings and new jobs in the Central Area, the BID wish to see this appropriately addressed through the SCAAP documentation. At present the BID does not believe that the Transport, Access and Parking issues have been given enough consideration. Nor has the ability of the existing infrastructure to cope with the increased pressure on it that will be created from the aspirational growth. During busy periods business believes that the parking and infrastructure network is insufficient to deal with existing demand, let alone cope with the predicted growth.
The Council's Local Transport Plan 3 estimates the growth in demand for car parking in the central area over the next 4 years will be 25%. No policy is in place within the scaap to deal with this estimated shortage in capacity.
The BID notes that the omission of an effective parking strategy, stating the need to increase parking stock over the next 4 years, neglects the needs of existing business and the development needs of the area as well as the existing and future infrastructure requirements.
The BID would like to emphasise its concern that the above, combined with the desired sustainable transport measures proposed in DS5, will lead to a major shortage of parking capacity during peak periods and heavy congestion throughout the area.
The Seafront businesses rely on easy access to car parking and convenient access to the seafront so the large number of families visiting by car can access the tourist attractions on the seafront easily. The retail businesses located in and around the high street rely on a large supply of easy to access car parking spaces to encourage trips into the high street. The BID believe the omission of planned infrastructure improvements and increases in the parking stock will create parking chaos and congestion and drive the customers of its businesses elsewhere. Tourists will simply choose another resort destination and increasing numbers of shoppers will choose out of town shopping centres and retail parks such as Lakeside and the Mayflower retail Park at Basildon.
We attach representation form re the SCAAP. The enclosed form is submitted by us as members of Southend BID whose details and address are included in Part A of the form. However all communications should be with or sent to us at the telephone numbers and email addresses shown in Part A or by post to:
Paul Thompson, Alan Bacon
This representation is made on behalf of members of The Southend BID. The BID is comprised of 378 levy paying members which comprises a wide range of businesses in sectors including retail, tourism, education and office based professional services to name a few. The BID zone in broad terms is made up of businesses within the High Street and its surrounding side streets together with the main tourist part of the seafront. The BID zone falls within the Southend Central Area and thus its members make up the majority of businesses within the SCAAP area. The BID was established 4 years ago following a ballot of the 378 businesses that now comprise the levy payers.
Through the BID a number of representations have been made following the BID's own consultation on a range of issues. The BID appointed SK Architects Ltd to make a formal representation as part of an earlier consultation by Southend Council on its SCAAP. SK Architects attended the council's consultation workshop and as the 2 sessions were poorly advertised the attendance by businesses was low. SK Architects then undertook its own consultation on behalf of the BID and produced a consultation form based on the key themes and opportunity sites highlighted in the SCAAP. The consultation responses helped form the 35 page document that SK prepared and which the BID submitted to SBC in February as it's formal representation to the SCAAP. (submission document attached)
Following on from the publication of the final version of the SCAAP the BID board of directors decided that certain parts of it's representation had been ignored by SBC and feel that sections of the dpd would threaten the economic viability of businesses within the scaap area. It was agreed by the board to make this further formal representation to the public consultation process prior to the oral examination with the government inspector.
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Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) - Revised Proposed Submission 2016
Policy DS5 - Transport, Access and Public Realm
Representation ID: 2884
Received: 16/12/2016
Respondent: Southend BID
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Members of the BID have raised considerable concerns as to the validity of the evidence in the form of the Car Parking Study produced by Steer Davies Gleave for SBC. The CPS helped formed the transport and access policy DS5.
The parking report and surveys have underestimated the parking capacity, particularly in the central area to the south of railway, and thus have underestimated the demand for spaces
from visitors to the seafront. The surveys have been predominantly focused on the High Street and on bad weather days thus the parking situation & demand to the south of the railway line has been misrepresented. The southern area has been identified as the area which experiences the greatest pressure on its parking supply. The report relies heavily on data from the VMS system which is inaccurate and unreliable. Therefore the report cannot
be relied upon and thus the related policy within the SCAAP, DS5 is flawed.
The policy as it stands will result in an inefficient transport network in and around the SCAAP area, with a severe shortage of parking capacity to the south resulting in heavy congestion at busy periods, clogging up the road network across the whole of Southend.
The CPS makes reference to car parking studies carried out on 6 dates over 2015 and 2016. SBC consulted the BID board of directors in February 2016 as to when the BID thought the surveys should be carried out to best give an indication of how the parking network performs in busy periods. The recommendations from the BID were that the council should not conduct any surveys at Easter and should concentrate surveys on hot sunny weekends during July and August. Following on from this advice SBC conducted surveys at Easter and one in May but none in July or August 2016!
The dates the surveys were done on experienced poor weather conditions, and thus the high street and seafront were not busy. Thus the surveys do not show how the network copes at peak busy times, ie when the sun is out and it is warm. Table 3.2 page 16 of survey report shows weather conditions on the survey days. The weather conditions were not published in any earlier version of the dpd. The BID contests the weather conditions published by SDG in the CPS. Weather conditions on these dates were not as described in the CPS, but were far worse.
We attach representation form re the SCAAP. The enclosed form is submitted by us as members of Southend BID whose details and address are included in Part A of the form. However all communications should be with or sent to us at the telephone numbers and email addresses shown in Part A or by post to:
Paul Thompson, Alan Bacon
This representation is made on behalf of members of The Southend BID. The BID is comprised of 378 levy paying members which comprises a wide range of businesses in sectors including retail, tourism, education and office based professional services to name a few. The BID zone in broad terms is made up of businesses within the High Street and its surrounding side streets together with the main tourist part of the seafront. The BID zone falls within the Southend Central Area and thus its members make up the majority of businesses within the SCAAP area. The BID was established 4 years ago following a ballot of the 378 businesses that now comprise the levy payers.
Through the BID a number of representations have been made following the BID's own consultation on a range of issues. The BID appointed SK Architects Ltd to make a formal representation as part of an earlier consultation by Southend Council on its SCAAP. SK Architects attended the council's consultation workshop and as the 2 sessions were poorly advertised the attendance by businesses was low. SK Architects then undertook its own consultation on behalf of the BID and produced a consultation form based on the key themes and opportunity sites highlighted in the SCAAP. The consultation responses helped form the 35 page document that SK prepared and which the BID submitted to SBC in February as it's formal representation to the SCAAP. (submission document attached)
Following on from the publication of the final version of the SCAAP the BID board of directors decided that certain parts of it's representation had been ignored by SBC and feel that sections of the dpd would threaten the economic viability of businesses within the scaap area. It was agreed by the board to make this further formal representation to the public consultation process prior to the oral examination with the government inspector.
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Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) - Revised Proposed Submission 2016
Policy DS5 - Transport, Access and Public Realm
Representation ID: 2885
Received: 16/12/2016
Respondent: Southend BID
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Most of the opportunity sites in the scaap are large car parks owned by SBC. Due to the scale and complexity of developments that would likely replace the car parks the BID does not see the sites as deliverable in the next 4 years.
We attach representation form re the SCAAP. The enclosed form is submitted by us as members of Southend BID whose details and address are included in Part A of the form. However all communications should be with or sent to us at the telephone numbers and email addresses shown in Part A or by post to:
Paul Thompson, Alan Bacon
This representation is made on behalf of members of The Southend BID. The BID is comprised of 378 levy paying members which comprises a wide range of businesses in sectors including retail, tourism, education and office based professional services to name a few. The BID zone in broad terms is made up of businesses within the High Street and its surrounding side streets together with the main tourist part of the seafront. The BID zone falls within the Southend Central Area and thus its members make up the majority of businesses within the SCAAP area. The BID was established 4 years ago following a ballot of the 378 businesses that now comprise the levy payers.
Through the BID a number of representations have been made following the BID's own consultation on a range of issues. The BID appointed SK Architects Ltd to make a formal representation as part of an earlier consultation by Southend Council on its SCAAP. SK Architects attended the council's consultation workshop and as the 2 sessions were poorly advertised the attendance by businesses was low. SK Architects then undertook its own consultation on behalf of the BID and produced a consultation form based on the key themes and opportunity sites highlighted in the SCAAP. The consultation responses helped form the 35 page document that SK prepared and which the BID submitted to SBC in February as it's formal representation to the SCAAP. (submission document attached)
Following on from the publication of the final version of the SCAAP the BID board of directors decided that certain parts of it's representation had been ignored by SBC and feel that sections of the dpd would threaten the economic viability of businesses within the scaap area. It was agreed by the board to make this further formal representation to the public consultation process prior to the oral examination with the government inspector.
Object
Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) - Revised Proposed Submission 2016
Policy DS5 - Transport, Access and Public Realm
Representation ID: 2886
Received: 16/12/2016
Respondent: Southend BID
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Great emphasis has been placed in the NPPF on the 'golden thread' of sustainable development. The scaap should deliver a strategy that leads to the growth of a strong economy within the area, and the economic role is one of the key principles of sustainable development.
"an economic role -contributing to building a strong, responsive and competitive economy, by ensuring that sufficient land of the right type is available in the right places and at the right time to support growth and innovation; and by identifying and coordinating development requirements, including the provision of infrastructure"
A major concern held by the businesses in the BID is that policy DS5 will make access to the central area by car difficult and frustrating, driving it's customer base elsewhere. This will have a severe negative impact on economic growth and will threaten the viability of retail and tourism within the central area. This policy thus is inconsistent with the NPPF.
We attach representation form re the SCAAP. The enclosed form is submitted by us as members of Southend BID whose details and address are included in Part A of the form. However all communications should be with or sent to us at the telephone numbers and email addresses shown in Part A or by post to:
Paul Thompson, Alan Bacon
This representation is made on behalf of members of The Southend BID. The BID is comprised of 378 levy paying members which comprises a wide range of businesses in sectors including retail, tourism, education and office based professional services to name a few. The BID zone in broad terms is made up of businesses within the High Street and its surrounding side streets together with the main tourist part of the seafront. The BID zone falls within the Southend Central Area and thus its members make up the majority of businesses within the SCAAP area. The BID was established 4 years ago following a ballot of the 378 businesses that now comprise the levy payers.
Through the BID a number of representations have been made following the BID's own consultation on a range of issues. The BID appointed SK Architects Ltd to make a formal representation as part of an earlier consultation by Southend Council on its SCAAP. SK Architects attended the council's consultation workshop and as the 2 sessions were poorly advertised the attendance by businesses was low. SK Architects then undertook its own consultation on behalf of the BID and produced a consultation form based on the key themes and opportunity sites highlighted in the SCAAP. The consultation responses helped form the 35 page document that SK prepared and which the BID submitted to SBC in February as it's formal representation to the SCAAP. (submission document attached)
Following on from the publication of the final version of the SCAAP the BID board of directors decided that certain parts of it's representation had been ignored by SBC and feel that sections of the dpd would threaten the economic viability of businesses within the scaap area. It was agreed by the board to make this further formal representation to the public consultation process prior to the oral examination with the government inspector.
Object
Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) - Revised Proposed Submission 2016
Policy CS1: Central Seafront Policy Area Development Prinicples
Representation ID: 2887
Received: 16/12/2016
Respondent: Southend BID
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Tourism contributes significantly to the economy of Southend and particularly the central area. The businesses located in this sector feel that the scaap document has very little meaningful substance in terms or a strategic approach to tourism. The document fails to understand the drivers behind tourism and the attractions, facilities and infrastructure that is needed to grow tourism within the scaap area. The dpd in effect neglects the day visitor to the area for a desire to attract longer stay visitors. It is important to try to encourage visitors to stay for longer but this should not be at the expense of the vast amount of day visitors which form the bulk of the industry's customer base.
We attach representation form re the SCAAP. The enclosed form is submitted by us as members of Southend BID whose details and address are included in Part A of the form. However all communications should be with or sent to us at the telephone numbers and email addresses shown in Part A or by post to:
Paul Thompson, Alan Bacon
This representation is made on behalf of members of The Southend BID. The BID is comprised of 378 levy paying members which comprises a wide range of businesses in sectors including retail, tourism, education and office based professional services to name a few. The BID zone in broad terms is made up of businesses within the High Street and its surrounding side streets together with the main tourist part of the seafront. The BID zone falls within the Southend Central Area and thus its members make up the majority of businesses within the SCAAP area. The BID was established 4 years ago following a ballot of the 378 businesses that now comprise the levy payers.
Through the BID a number of representations have been made following the BID's own consultation on a range of issues. The BID appointed SK Architects Ltd to make a formal representation as part of an earlier consultation by Southend Council on its SCAAP. SK Architects attended the council's consultation workshop and as the 2 sessions were poorly advertised the attendance by businesses was low. SK Architects then undertook its own consultation on behalf of the BID and produced a consultation form based on the key themes and opportunity sites highlighted in the SCAAP. The consultation responses helped form the 35 page document that SK prepared and which the BID submitted to SBC in February as it's formal representation to the SCAAP. (submission document attached)
Following on from the publication of the final version of the SCAAP the BID board of directors decided that certain parts of it's representation had been ignored by SBC and feel that sections of the dpd would threaten the economic viability of businesses within the scaap area. It was agreed by the board to make this further formal representation to the public consultation process prior to the oral examination with the government inspector.
