Entrance gate to Datchet, Southlea Road
10.1 Table 10.1 overleaf identifies a series of actions that have arisen through the community engagement in preparing the Neighbourhood Plan. These were considered by the community to be important matters but do not necessarily require planning permission. As such, they are not the subject of planning policies in the Neighbourhood Plan. These non-policy actions will be reviewed in line with the rest of the Neighbourhood Plan as part of any subsequent review, to take account of changing circumstances and community aspirations.
“Subsequent reviews of the Neighbourhood Plan will take account of changing circumstances and community aspirations.”
| # | Issue | Possible actions | Lead agencies and partners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biodiversity and green spaces | |||
| 1 | Opportunities for net gain in biodiversity | DPC to work with RBWM and local environmental groups (e.g. TVERC, BBOWT, Wild About Datchet et al) and landowners on possible schemes for biodiversity net gain identified in Section 7. It is hoped that this is something DPC’s environmental awareness group will follow up. | DPC, RBWM, local environmental groups, landowners |
| 2 | Maintenance, protection and enhancement of existing green space assets and verges, and creation of new Local Wildlife Sites |
DPC to work with RBWM, landowners and local environmental groups (e.g. TVERC, BBOWT, Wild About Datchet) to ensure ongoing maintenance, protection and enhancement of green spaces and verges, Local Wildlife Sites and Biodiversity Opportunity Areas; to engage with neighbouring local councils to create a ‘Friends of the Jubilee River’ group to promote and protect biodiversity at this Biodiversity Opportunity Area; to promote wildlife-friendly planting and mowing regimes; and to promote the creation of new Local Wildlife Sites, for example at the restored Cemex Site on Riding Court Road. It is hoped that this is something DPC’s environmental awareness group will follow up. Also DPC to work with the police and RBWM enforcement to prevent unauthorised parking on, or use of, verges and green spaces. |
DPC, RBWM, landowners, local environmental groups, police |
| 3 | Need to water newly planted trees on highway land and outside residential properties |
DPC to engage with local residents to explain the importance of watering trees, especially trees planted in new developments. DPC to engage with RBWM to request that ongoing maintenance of trees by an arboricultural contractor for the first two years after planting is a requirement of planning permission. |
DPC, RBWM, residents |
| 4 | Need to replace diseased, dead or fallen trees and undertake succession planting | DPC to work with RBWM, environmental bodies (e.g. Woodland Trust) and independent arboriculturalists to identify trees needing replacement and plan a programme of succession planting. | DPC, RBWM, environmental bodies, independent arboriculturalists |
| 5 | Protection of trees, generally, to retain the green character of Datchet |
DPC to work with RBWM and local groups (e.g. Wild About Datchet and Datchet Village Society) to:
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DPC, RBWM, local groups |
| 6 | Need to increase awareness of rules covering trees in the Conservation Area | DPC to liaise with residents and local tradespeople (landscape gardeners, tree surgeons, etc.) and local environmental groups (e.g. Wild About Datchet) to increase awareness of the rules covering work to trees in the Conservation Area. | DPC, residents, tradespeople, local environmental groups |
| 7 | Need to promote under-used public green space in North Datchet | DPC to promote the amenity of the public green space in North Datchet and to work with RBWM and Slough Borough Council to promote accessibility to this space as part of new development. | DPC, RBWM, SBC |
| 8 | Riverside gardens | DPC to work with RBWM, Crown Estate and Environment Agency to protect private and public riverside gardens from encroachment and incremental development, and commercialisation. | DPC, RBWM, Crown Estate, Environment Agency |
| 9 | Replanting along M4 Motorway boundary | DPC to work with RBWM, Highways England, and local environmental groups (e.g. Wild About Datchet) on a vegetation planting programme alongside the new M4 barrier along Majors Farm Road. | DPC, RBWM, Highways England, local environmental groups |
| Transport and Getting Around | |||
| 10 | Unauthorised Parking for large scale commercial activity creating amenity problems | DPC to encourage and support RBWM to take timely enforcement action on unauthorised development of large scale commercial activities for parking, including airport parking. | DPC, RBWM |
| 11 | More frequent bus services | DPC to work with RBWM to identify public transport routes which, if improved, could result in significant use, and to encourage local bus companies to run more frequent services on existing routes, in particular to Slough to link up with other transport services; and to facilitate alternative innovative public transport solutions possibly with the help of volunteer groups such as the Good Neighbours Scheme, or local large employers such as Heathrow or Botanica. | DPC, RBWM, transport providers, local employers |
| 12 | Reduce traffic congestion 1 | DPC to work with RBWM and Network Rail to find a solution to London-bound trains overhanging the platform while in the station, blocking the High Street for extended periods and causing traffic congestion throughout the village. | DPC, RBWM, Network Rail |
| 13 | Reduce traffic congestion 2 | DPC to work with RBWM to reduce traffic congestion in the village, by means such as re-routing M4 and A4 traffic to Windsor, especially large vehicles (HGV and coaches), via the bypass-A Road instead of through Datchet village B-roads, or introducing width restrictions or a one-way system. Reducing traffic will also help to protect listed properties and structures (such as the Grade II Listed London Road Wall which is being damaged by traffic vibration and eroded by spray from the gutter). | DPC, RBWM, Highways England |
| 14 | Reduce traffic speeds | DPC to work with RBWM to make it safer for local residents to walk or cycle as an alternative to the car/vehicles. This might include speed restrictions throughout the village. | DPC, RBWM |
| 15 | Monitor and reduce pollution | DPC to work with RBWM on monitoring pollution levels in the village, including NO2 and Particulate Matter, and implement measures to improve air quality throughout the village, including ‘no idling’ signs near the level crossings, and engagement with local residents to promote walking and cycling as an alternative to the car/vehicles. | DPC, RBWM, residents |
| 16 | Traffic mounting the pavements | DPC to work with RBWM to prevent vehicles mounting pavements, particularly on narrow streets, endangering pedestrians. Solutions might include high kerbs, width restrictions at the entrances to the village, or a one-way system. | DPC, RBWM |
| 17 | Routes to school | DPC to work with RBWM, Slough Borough Council and local schools to make it easier and safer for school children to walk or cycle to local schools. | DPC, RBWM, SBC, local schools |
| 18 | Crossing points | DPC to work with RBWM to improve crossing points on busy main roads through the village, in consultation with residents. Requests to improve crossing points near schools date back many years. | DPC, RBWM, residents, local schools |
| 19 | Cycle paths | DPC to work with RBWM to take forward the proposals in RBWM’s Cycle Action Plan in consultation with residents. Also, to ensure existing cycle paths are clearly marked, with road markings repainted, and that footpaths and cycle paths are well maintained. | DPC, RBWM, residents |
| 20 | Dropped kerbs | DPC to work with RBWM, in consultation with residents, to look at the positioning of dropped kerbs at safe crossing points. | DPC, RBWM, residents |
| 21 | Quality of road surfaces |
DPC to encourage residents to use the RBWM reporting system to report potholes. DPC to work with RBWM to review how potholes are repaired. The current method results in repairs being very short-lived. |
DPC, RBWM, residents |
| 22 | Quality of pavement surfaces | DPC to encourage residents to use the RBWM reporting system to report pavements in need of repair. DPC to work with RBWM to improve pavement surfaces, particularly cracked, damaged and uneven paving, also pavement surfaces in private ownership. | DPC, RBWM, residents |
| Heritage | |||
| 23 | Identify non-designated heritage assets of historical, architectural, artistic or archaeological significance* for local listing *See NPPF for definition of significance |
DNP Delivery Group to work with DPC, local community groups, e.g. Datchet Village Society, and residents to set up a ‘Heritage Committee’ which, with guidance from RBWM Conservation Officer, identifies significant non-designated heritage assets not included in the Neighbourhood Plan with a view to creating a Local List which can in time be added to a borough-wide Local List. DPC to support the development of a Local List. | DNP Delivery Group, DPC, local community groups, residents, RBWM |
| 24 | Conservation Area Appraisal | DPC to request that RBWM reviews Datchet’s Conservation Area Statement at the earliest opportunity and includes recommendations on the management and protection of the Conservation Area. In some instances, Conservation Area Statements are delivered with the help of community groups. If this opportunity were available in Datchet, DPC to support this work undertaken by the ‘Heritage Committee’ (see 23 above). | DPC, RBWM |
| 25 | Conservation Area awareness | DPC to work with RBWM to increase awareness of the Conservation Area and related planning restrictions. Also to improve signage of the Conservation Area. | DPC, RBWM |
| 26 | Development in the Conservation Area | DPC to work with RBWM to explore the justification for an Article 4 Direction that removes some permitted development rights in the Conservation Area as our Conservation Area Statement currently offers very little protection in the way of management or guidance. | DPC, RBWM |
| 27 | Grade II Listed Wall on London Road | DPC to work with RBWM to monitor the condition of the listed wall and request that owners take action, where appropriate, to preserve it. Ownership and responsibility for maintenance of the listed wall lies with those properties which adjoin it at the rear. | DPC/RBWM |
| Flooding | |||
| 28 | Development in the Flood Zone | DPC to work with RBWM to explore the justification for an Article 4 Direction that removes some permitted development rights in the flood zones, particularly anything which reduces the ability of the land to store water, especially as the RTS scheme Channel 1 is not currently going ahead. | DPC, RBWM |
| 29 | Maintenance of watercourses and ditches, and land-drainage infrastructure | DPC to work with RBWM (as designated lead local flood authority), Environment Agency and Thames Water, to ensure riparian owners fulfil their responsibilities to prevent pollution, protect wildlife, maintain the watercourses and drains and keep them clear of obstructions, maintain the banks and beds, control invasive species, etc. | DPC, RBWM, EA, Thames Water, riparian owners |
| 30 | Maintenance of bunds | DPC to work with RBWM and owners of the bunds and the Environment Agency to ensure they are an effective piece of flood mitigating infrastructure. | DPC, RBWM, EA, owners of the bunds |
| 31 | Designation of bunds | DPC to work with RBWM and the Environment Agency to have the bunds designated as third-party assets. | DPC, RBWM, EA |
| Planning | |||
| 32 | Enforcement action against unauthorised development | DPC to request RBWM to take timely enforcement action against unauthorised development, also to encourage residents to report unauthorised development. | DPC, RBWM, residents |
| 33 | Cemetery | DPC to liaise and consult with parishioners regarding arrangements for burials when spaces at Ditton Road Cemetery run out. | DPC, RBWM, residents |
| Streets and Street Furniture | |||
| 34 | Benches | DPC to install benches, of a uniform style, on key movement routes and other suitable sites through the village (seeking RBWM permission on Borough-owned verges). | DPC, RBWM |
| 35 | Bollards | Where bollards are used, DPC to work with RBWM to ensure these are of a consistent and appropriate design. | DPC, RBWM |
| 36 | Roadside cabinets (for communications, digital media, etc.) | DPC to work with RBWM and service providers to ensure roadside cabinets are well-maintained and redundant cabinets removed. | DPC, RBWM, service providers |
| 37 | Redundant bus stop signs, broken lamp-posts | DPC to work with RBWM to ensure redundant bus stop signs and broken lamp-posts are removed. | DPC, RBWM |
| 38 | Road signage | DPC to work with RBWM to update and clean signage, trim vegetation obscuring signage, and remove redundant signage. | DPC, RBWM |
| 39 | ‘Entrance gates’ | DPC to clean, maintain and repair ‘entrance gates’ (Datchet signs) and install an ‘entrance gate’ on London Road which is currently the only approach route without a ‘gate’. | DPC |
| 40 | Improved lighting | RBWM’s Cycle Action Plan cites poor lighting on cycle routes as a deterrent to their use. DPC to work with RBWM on measures to ensure that cycle paths are adequately lit so that they can be used year-round will be supported. Also improved lighting for pedestrians at the railway footbridge between Montagu Road and the Recreation Ground. The lighting should be designed to minimise the effects of light pollution and harm to wildlife. | DPC, RBWM |
| 41 | Unadopted pavements and roads | DPC to work with RBWM and owners of unadopted pavements and roads to ensure these are properly maintained. | DPC, RBWM, pavement and road owners |
| Accommodation | |||
| 42 | Gypsy/Romany Travellers’ accommodation |
DPC to work with RBWM and the local community to ensure housing requirements are understood. Datchet and neighbouring villages of Horton and Wraysbury have one of the highest populations of Gypsy/Romany Travellers (GRT) in the Borough according to the Datchet & Horton GRT Working Group. Further surveys are being undertaken by RBWM, working with Arc4, as part of the Borough Local Plan to better understand the housing requirements of those GRT families who have moved into social housing in the area while hoping or waiting for pitches to become available, and the need for alternatives to bricks-and-mortar dwellings as part of the Borough’s housing stock. |
DPC, RBWM, Datchet & Horton GRT Working Group, local community |
| 43 | Boat dwellers | DPC to work with RBWM, Crown Estate and Environment Agency to regulate the increasing number of boat dwellers moored along the river. | DPC, RBWM, Crown Estate, EA |
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