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B&NES Budget Fair including Question and Answer session
The Keynsham Area
Forum is hosting one of the Council’s Budget Fairs.
This year there will be five meetings which are open to the public
and are each being hosted by the Connecting Communities Area
Forums. The Budget Fairs provide an opportunity to hear about
the Council’s financial plans for the next four years.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions and feed into the
discussions on the budget proposals.
Minutes:
Question 1 –The Metro West rail project does not appear in
the budget figures. This project would
help with the implementation of a station in Saltford. Also there is no
Mention
of Saltford primary school expansion.
Does this mean this will not happen?
Answer
– There are over 120 projects within the capital programme
and the presentation includes a snapshot of some of the projects
planned. Saltford primary school
expansion is included in the 2016/17 financial year. Feasibility work is required.
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Question 2 – Does the river corridor fund extend to
Keynsham? Will you be liaising with
South Glos as the river goes into the
authority area?
Answer
– The fund is specifically identified for river safety
improvements in the City. The River
Corridor Group does look at the Avon and will take account of the
impact on South Glos.
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Question 3 – As Bath Community Academy share the sports
facilities on their site will they be making a contribution towards
the £200k improvements works?
Answer
– The Academy does contribute revenue funds towards the use
of the facilities. The Council will
take this up further with them.
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Question 4 – As part of the new property company, will the
Council offer some affordable houses?
Answer
– The initial aim will be to ensure the 60 units above the
shops in Bath will be available for private renting as soon as
possible. The Council will consider a
business case that addresses a range housing needs.
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Question 5 – Currently the Council provides a weekly
recycling collection. Will the
protection of front line services include protection of this weekly
service?
Answer
– Government funding has allowed the Council to offer weekly
collections. This funding expires in
2017. There is political support to
continue to offer this service however a review will need to be
carried out.
A further comment was made that if recycling
collections are reduced to fortnightly collections, there will be
an increase in fly tipping in the villages.
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Question 6 – Is there still a commitment to ensure
Somerdale delivers the employment opportunities?
Answer
– Yes, the Council is still committed to deliver the economic
growth and jobs.
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Comment 7 – I welcome the proposals in the
budget to improve junctions across the area. The recent traffic improvements to Bath Hill in
Keynsham are poor. The road has been
narrowed which causes traffic congestion. Please stop narrowing the roads we need the
traffic to flow freely.
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Question 8 – The area will see significant housing growth,
what improvements have been planned for to increase school
numbers?
Answer
– There will be improvements to Castle Primary and a new
school build on the Somerdale site as part of the
development.
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Question 9 – Will the Council have more autonym on its
spending once the government grant has been withdrawn?
Answer
– No, the grant is not ring-fenced, however more funding can
be raised locally.
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Question 10 – Bath does not have an additional precept,
but Keynsham does, how did ...
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West of England Joint Spatial Plan including Question and Answer session
The West of
England’s Joint Spatial Plan and Transport Study will set out
a prospectus for sustainable growth that will help the area meet
its housing and transport needs for the next 20 years.
Estimates state that to maintain its current prosperity, the area
needs at least 85,000 new homes by 2036, nearly 30,000 more than
the number already planned, as well as the transport and other
infrastructure needed to support this level of growth.
Officers from Planning Services will give a presentation to the
Forum and update them on Placemaking.
Minutes:
Question 1 - Why are we talking about voluntary input from
B&NES?
Answer
- 85,000 is the total amount across the four local authority areas,
56,000 is already committed within the existing housing
allocations, 17,000 will need to be accommodated and B&NES will
be required to take a proportion of these homes
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Question 2 – What proportion will be affordable
housing?
Answer
– Approximately 35%.
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Question 3 – How many houses will actually be built, is
there a way we can force them to build the homes?
Answer
– The Government is paying close attention to the Joint
Spatial Plan. The Council will go back
and ask how much affordable housing can be delivered across the
region.
A further comment was made - we need to ensure we
have sufficient social housing that is new and
affordable. The current part-owned
housing scheme is not acceptable.
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Question 4 – (Reference to the slides showing
the different options) What are the white areas shown on the
options map?
Answer
– These areas are not so restricted, however they are away
from employment growth.
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Comment
5 – One of the options looks like Keynsham be developed into
Bristol.
Answer
– All the options presented show theoretical scenarios that
could be implemented. The consultation
is aiming to seek the views from the community.
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Question 6 – (Reference to the slides showing
the different options) The white areas could be quite
sustainable in relation to transport and possibly to create a new
town.
Answer
– The consultation is seeking these ideas particularly for
areas that can support housing and employment growth.
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Question 8 – The conservation area for Keynsham does not
include Manor Road Woodland and Abbots Wood. Can these areas be incorporated?
Answer
– Richard Daone to provide more
details.
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Question 9 – Four years ago the public were consulted on a
number of sites in Keynsham. They
weren’t listened to regarding their concerns about the
traffic flow and increased traffic from the new houses, impacting
on the road network. Keynsham has seen
a lot of development but no infrastructure improvements have been
made.
Answer
– The JSP is bringing together housing, employment and
transport to ensure a more holistic approach is taken and the right
investment for infrastructure is made.
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Question 10 – Once the final outcome of the democratic
process is completed will the JSP have to be approved by each
council and can B&NES vito the
plan?
Answer
– The Adoption of the plan will have to agreed by each
council.
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Question 11 – Will the Hicks Gate urban extension include
a new road?
Answer
– These are just indicative options, nothing has been
decided.
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Question 12 – Keynsham needs more parking for businesses
and people to travel to work. A
customer survey was carried out by TESCOs which highlighted that
customers came from Shepton
Mallet. Do we know where people are
coming from and where they travel to?
Answer
– Along with the Keynsham Transport Strategy, the
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