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Wednesday, 9th July, 2003

Policy GDS.1, B1. Western Riverside

B1. Western Riverside - site area 39.2 ha

Development Requirements:

Comprehensive mixed use scheme including:

1. Significant provision for business development (Use Class B1).

2. At least 620 dwellings.

3. High density urban form.

4. Relocation of other uses including civic amenity site/refuse transfer station, sewage pumping and storage facility, gas storage facilities.

5. Flood mitigation measures.

6. On and off site transport infrastructure including Rapid Transit System linking the site to Park & Ride facilities at Newbridge and the city centre.

7. Public access to and along the riverside

8. Remediation of existing land contamination.

9. Small scale local needs shopping, food and drink uses and local offices (Use Classes A1, A2 & A3).

10. No adverse impact on Bath's hot springs and their sources.

Phasing: 270 dwellings 2001- 2006; 350 2006-2011 (total site capacity will be greater)

B1. Western Riverside - site area 39.2 35.2 ha

Development Requirements:

Comprehensive mixed use scheme including:

1. Significant provision of business development (Use Class B1).

2. At least 620 About 900 dwellings during the Plan period.

3. High density urban form.

4. Relocation of other uses including civic amenity site/refuse transfer station, sewage pumping and storage facility, gas storage facilities.

5. Flood mitigation measures.

6. On and off site transport infrastructure including Rapid Transit an integrated transport system linking the site to Park & Ride facilities a transport interchange at Newbridge in accordance with site GDS.1/B1A and the city centre.

7. Public access to and along the riverside.

8. Remediation of existing land contamination.

9. Small scale local needs shopping, food and drink uses and local offices (Use Classes A1, A2 and A3).

10. No adverse impact on Bath's hot springs and their sources.

Phasing: 270 dwellings 2001-2006; 350 2006-2011 (total site capacity will be greater)

A4.26 and new paras A4.26A, B & C

The part-derelict former industrial area of Western Riverside covering an area of 39 ha is the subject of major proposals to create a vital and viable place which reconnects the urban fabric of Bath and offers high quality environments that function as working and living quarters of the city and reinforce its World Heritage status. The Council is actively promoting the regeneration of this site in partnership with the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) the landowners and local groups. This brownfield site will provide the location for a significant part of the housing requirement of the District and for considerable work opportunities served by good transport links. The current work aims to produce a Regeneration Plan leading to a planning application, and a viable Transport Strategy capable of meeting needs of the wider area, together with a funding strategy to secure its implementation. It is expected that this site will come forward in the second half of the Plan period.

The part-derelict former industrial area of Western Riverside covering an area of 39 about 35 ha is the subject of major proposals to create a vital and viable place which reconnects the urban fabric of Bath and offers a high quality residential and employment environment that function as working and living quarters of the city and reinforces the its World Heritage status of the City. The Council is actively promoting the regeneration of this site in partnership with the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) the landowners and local groups. This brownfield site will provide the location for a significant part of the housing requirement of the District and for considerable work opportunities served by good transport links. The current work aims to produce a Regeneration Plan leading to a planning application, and a viable Transport Strategy capable of meeting needs of the wider area, together with a funding strategy to secure its implementation. It is expected that this site will come forward in the second half of the Plan period.

A4.26A The complex nature of redeveloping this site, partly arising from the scale of development and the multiplicity of land ownerships, makes it particularly important that a comprehensive approach to delivering regeneration is followed. Such an approach is required in order to:

· deliver the optimum mix of land uses for the benefit of the community;

· secure high quality employment generating development of sufficient critical mass to support Bath's regional economic role;

· deliver the requisite supporting infrastructure and facilities;

· achieve for the area as a whole high quality urban design which is sympathetic to and respectful of the City's World Heritage status;

· secure the necessary accessibility, linkages, permeability and transport infrastructure for Western Riverside, which enable it to integrate with the City as a whole;

· achieve development and financial viability over the whole regeneration period; and

· ensure that appropriate phasing and sequencing of development is secured to enable the regeneration of the area as a whole and not on a piecemeal basis.

A4.26B The Council is actively promoting the comprehensive regeneration of this site in partnership with a Master Developer Partner, the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), the landowners and local groups. The current work aims to produce a Regeneration Plan SPG has been produced outlining the key principles and land-use planning requirements in redeveloping the site. It is envisaged that this SPG will provide the framework for a Masterplan. The Masterplan will need to be supported by leading to a planning application, and a viable Transport Strategy capable of meeting the needs of the wider area, together with a funding strategy to secure its implementation and an Environmental Appraisal. Development of the site will need to accord with the Masterplan and is expected to take place on a phased basis over a 10 to 15 year period. It is expected that this site will come forward in the second half of the Plan period.

A4.26C The regeneration of Western Riverside may also present opportunities to redevelop and improve adjoining or well related sites. Proposals relating to these areas will need to be considered against a range of policies in the Local Plan.

Note: Changes to policy GDS.1 were approved by Council in March 2003 with the exception of the requirement relating to transport infrastructure which has been amended as a consequence of the proposed allocation of land at Newbridge for a transport interchange.