Affordable homes planned with low parking ratio at Basingstoke site

Summarised from Basingstoke Gazette's report · Updated 6 Nov, 08:37 · Archive

Plans for 99 affordable homes at Basingstoke's former Camrose football ground propose 124 parking spaces, or 1.25 per property.

Plans for 99 affordable homes at the former Camrose football ground in Basingstoke propose providing 124 parking spaces, comprising 120 standard bays and four disabled spaces. This amounts to approximately 1.25 spaces per property.

Councillor Steve Trumm has challenged the application, arguing that 'inner urban' parking standards should not apply to a site on Winchester Road outside Basingstoke's ring road. He expressed concern that using inner urban standards could allow developers to provide less parking while increasing housing numbers on the site.

The applicant's planning statement, prepared by Sphere25, argues that inner urban standards produce a requirement for 123.25 spaces, which the proposed 124 spaces meet. The statement also says using those standards is consistent with the approach taken to previous permissions at the site.

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• Parking fears raised as just 1.25 parking spaces per home planned at Camrose groundPlans for 99 affordable homes at Basingstoke’s former Camrose football ground face parking concerns over 124 spaces, inner urban standards.Basingstoke Gazette · 6 Nov, 05:00

In this story: Basingstoke · Camrose · Steve Trumm · Sovereign Hill Partnership · Sphere25

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