MH1 1b.
Object
Harborough Local Plan 2011-2031, Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5813
Received: 06/11/2017
Respondent: The Owners of Market Harborough Land
Agent: DLA Town Planning
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
The required pedestrian and cycle link through development to the west is not deliverable by the Overstone Park development outside of the site boundary. It should be described as a "potential" link.
Two points of access from Kettering Road can be achieved through providing one access through the Overstone House development. This should be clarified in the policy.
Criterion b to policy MH1 requires a cycle and pedestrian access from Overstone Park to the development to the west (Page Road). This access falls outside of the Overstone Park site and therefore cannot be delivered by the Overstone Park development. While provision for such an access can be made within and up to the Overstone Park boundary, the Council may need to use Compulsory Purchase powers to deliver a link with the public highway beyond the site boundary. Any such access should be described in the policy as a "potential" access, since it lies beyond the landowner's control.
Criterion b of Policy MH1 also requires two points of access from Kettering Road. The current masterplan for the site provides for two accesses from Kettering Road, one of which runs through the adjacent Overstone House site. This arrangement is acceptable to the local highway authority and no further points of access have been requested. It should be clarified in the policy that the two points of access could include an access through Overstone House.