Wel elco come me to th to the Next meeting Monday 13 th January 2020 Please Pl se place mobil ile phones nes to si silent nt or sw switc tch h off, f, thank nks www.gwpr .gwpra.or a.org. g.uk uk Facebook Group ‘Great Western Park Residents’ Association’
Age gend nda Item Agenda Item 1 Apologies for absence 2 Minutes of previous meeting 3 Actions arising from last meeting Collate 80 unit Extra Care planning responses and invite to meeting - GC • Parking at Boundary Park issue – DR to raise again with BPSA • Assess if Post Boxes are 800m of GWP Residents – DB • Monitor all GWP planning applications from Portal – GC/DB • 4 Matters Arising Off Road Driving - Partridge Close • Sunken Drain – Greenwood Way • Reach Sculpture opening ceremony • 5 Correspondence Planning application for 80 unit Extra Care facility, Greenwood Way P19/V2660/FUL • Bus Stop cleaning • 6 Report Back from Officers Progress on GWP Community Facilities • General Election – polling stations • Road Safety – Traffic Surveys • Delivering Design Value in New Housing • 7 Any Other Business District Archaeological and Historical Society • Next Meeting – Monday 13 th January 2020 •
1. 1. Apo pologie logies s for or Abs bsenc nce David Roberts – BPSA representative Cllr. Denise Macdonald
2. Minu nutes tes of of previ vious ous mee eeting ng All agree that the minutes from the Meeting on Monday 11 th November 2019 reflect a true and accurate account of the meeting
3. Acti tions ons Arisin sing g fr from om las ast t Meeting ting No. Action Completed 1 (GC GC) to collate and give comments on 80 Unit Extra Care Planning Yes- more later Application prior to 11 th December 2019 *Also to make contact with the Developers concerned and invite them to a GWPRA meeting 2 (DR DR) to raise this issue of weekend inconsiderate parking around Boundary Park again with the BPSA 3 (DB DB) to try and verify if all GWP houses are within 800m of a post box 4 (GC GC) to setup (DB DB) as GWPRA planning officer to monitor all Yes – requests from the planning portal and highlight the relevant ones planning@gwp ra.org.uk
4. Mat atte ters rs Arisin sing In respons onse to reports orts of drivi iving ng roun und the Bollar lards ds at • Partr trid idge ge Clos ose, , develo lopers ers informe ormed Bollar lards ds are on Order der • TW are conduct uctin ing assessment nt of wher ere best to place • them to preve vent nt this is antisoc socia ial l and damagin ing g behaviou viour. r.
4. Mat atte ters rs Arisin sing A Drain in in the road by the Traffi affic Calmin ing g on • Greenwood enwood way has faile led This is is causing ng noise se and potent entia ial l damag age to vehic icle les • TW are goin ing to inves esti tigate gate what at needs to be recti tifi fied ed •
4. Mat atte ters rs Arisin sing The Reach Sculptur pture e compl plete eted and Opening ng Ceremo emony ny on • Wednesda nesday y 27 th th November ember 2019 9 b by the Sculpto ptor, , Michael el Condron on and UTC Pri rincipal, l, Owain Johns ns Wonder erfu ful asset t to GWP, highlighti ighting ng the value of communi munity ty • art project cts http://www.mcondron.co.uk/reach
5. 5. Co Correspond spondenc ence Planning application for 80 unit Extra Care facility, • Greenwood Way P19/V2660/FUL Further information obtained from District Council: • The proposals would provide 80 Extra Care units and all of these would be affordable. • 60 of the units would be for ‘affordable rent’ and 20 would be in shared ownership’. The Extra Care accommodation would be self-contained apartments with on-site care and support from a care team. The proposal would provide 34 car parking spaces, the justification for this is set out in • the submitted Transport Statement. The proposed scheme will be owned and managed by Housing 21 (H21). H21 is a major • provider of retirement housing. It is a Registered Provider (housing association) and operates on a ‘not for profit basis’. Link to H21’s website . All apartments will be self-contained, and residents will receive care packages in • accordance with their needs, which can range from very low, to high. There is usually a minimum age requirement of 55 for such schemes. Applicants to the scheme will normally require a local connection to Vale of White Horse. Nominations to the scheme will be through an agreement between Vale of White Horse • District Council, Oxfordshire County Council, and H21
5. 5. Co Correspond spondenc ence Proposed collated Response: • It is proposed that The Great Western Park Residents’ Association REJECTS JECTS the current planning application for the for 80 unit Extra Care facility, Greenwood Way, with the following comments: • The provision of a Health Centre in GWP needs to be guaranteed prior to granting planning for the extra care facility, since the Didcot area is already oversubscribed and this is adversely affecting existing Residents. It is likely that Extra care Residents will place a significant additional burden on the local GP provision. • It has a large roof area and no provision of solar panels for water heating or electricity; this is in complete contravention of climate emergency status. • The not of Profit and financially accessible to most operation of the facility is very pleasing to the majority of Residents. • There is concern over the amount of parking for 80 residents and the associated visitors and staff, only (34 regular and 4 disabled bays – suggested minimum of a bay per Resident). • From the plans the outdoor space available is less than the footprint of the building and since it is 3 storey, this is likely to be inadequate. Perhaps a secured, covered area with charging provision for electric mobility vehicles for Home Residents and bicycles for staff would help alleviate this. • For safety there would need to be a pedestrian crossing between the Extra Care facility and the Shops, given the current volume and speed of traffic on the GWP spine road. • The deadline for comments (11 th December 2019) from the application date seems short, less than a month. Given that no approach has been made by the applicant to the Community, it is insufficient time to gather feedback.
5. 5. Co Correspond spondenc ence Contact has been made with Jim Hayles from Quattro • design architects, representing the Developers They have offered to send a representative to explain their • proposal to the Community at GWPRA Meeting (probably January 2020)
5. Co Corr rres espond ondence ence • TW have e confir irmed med the Bus Shelte ter r cleanin ing g is now in pl place • Cleani ning g with start toda day y (9 th th Decembe mber r 2019)
6. Re Repor ort Ba Back Mark rk Stone, e, Chi hief ef Exec ecutive tive of Vale le of Whi hite te Horse rse and nd Sout uth • Oxf xfor ordsh dshir ire e District trict Councils, uncils, was s written ten to o on n 5 th th December ember 20 2019 19. He was s ask sked: ed: Amongs ongst a numbe mber r of adop optio ion based ased issue ssues on Great at West ester ern Park, rk, we have ve three ee areas eas of grea eates est conc ncern rn to Resi side dents: nts: 1. 1. Neighbourho ghbourhood od Park rk openi ning ng 2. 2. Health alth Centr ntre provision on 3. 3. Comm mmunit unity y Centr ntre manag nagement nt Progr ogress on these se areas seems s to be unreas ason onably bly slow. . Comm mmuni nica catio tions ns on progr ogress s or com ommunit unity y engag gagement nt on these se has as been n com ompletel pletely y unac accepta ceptable. ble. Please provide de me with h som ome ass ssur uranc nce that these se are been n given n a prior ority ty to be deal alt with th in a time mely y manner. nner. If the info form rmatio tion n is sens nsitiv tive, , I'm m happ ppy y to agr gree to non-disclos osur ure, , in orde der r to be provide ded d with th som ome conf nfide denc nce on how w it is s being ng hand ndled. d. Please se also so take steps ps to greatly tly imp mprove commun ommunic icatio ions ns betwee ween n the Distri strict ct Counc uncils ls and d Residents esidents of GWP. Over the past st year ar both the GWPRA A and d Dist stric rict Counc uncillor ors have tried d to addr dress these se iss ssue ues but there has as been n no prog ogress. Failur ure to comp mply, will lead ad us no choic oice but to raise the iss ssue with h the MP and Secr creta tary ry of State. Area ea of conc oncern rn 1, has s als lso o been en rais ised ed with h Taylo aylor r Wim impe pey seni nior or mana nage geme ment nt No ackno nowledgement wledgement of email il thus us far
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