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Barton-under-Needwood Parish Council

14 NOVEMBER 2015JOHN TAYLOR TRAINING CENTRE

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Background and Context

• The nature, volume and speed of traffic continually: • present a risk to all residents and visitors;• deteriorate the historic fabric• impact on the village environment affecting people’s

enjoyment of the centre

• Ongoing developments in the surrounding area will keep increasing traffic

• Vehicle restriction not possible - key route

• Once the village centre is gone - it is gone forever!

• PC objective - Improve environment while maintaining historic character – but how?

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BETTER SAFER BARTON PROJECT - AIMS

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

ECONOMIC REGENERATION

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT

CULTURAL AND SOCIAL REGENERATION

Village Enhancement Scheme

•2012 Parish Council / VEC research ways to mitigate impact of traffic.

•Poynton (a town in the northwest where a similar project has been done) was visited with Staffs County Council.

•Poynton advice – CONSULT BARTON VILLAGE RESIDENTS

•NODE Urban Design & Heritage Consultants employed by Parish Council

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Phase 1

Village Enhancement Scheme

•Extensive / intensive consultation exercise - what do residents want – using NODE

•Workshops and Public Exhibitions

•88% wanted changes / political mandate to go ahead

•NODE produced Design Statement

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Phase 2

Village Enhancement Scheme

•SUSTRANS use NODE designs to produce scaled drawings

•Barton PC commission surveys necessary for Detailed Design

•ESBC working on pollution & conservation issues

•AMEY / SCC to produce fully costed Detailed Design / Risk Analysis

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Phase 3

Construction Work Required

• Refurb carriageway / pavement Main Street and Station Road + three new squares by The Shoulder of Mutton, The Middle Bell & outside Thomas Russell Infant School

• Gateways at main entrances to the village

• In total around 7,000 square metres new surfaces

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Next Steps

• Completion of Detailed Design, Programme to Completion, Risk Analysis by AMEY & SCC• Finalisation of Total Project Cost.• Funding - but how?

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• AMEY/Staffordshire County Council have provided a quote to the Parish to produce the Detailed Design• The Detailed Design will provide the following:

• Precise Technical Drawings based on a assessments and testing of options and infrastructure surveys• Details of materials to be used, street furniture, lighting etc. with costings• Ensure compliance with highways standards and traffic legislation• A virtual reality tour of what the design would look like• A schedule and risk analysis with labour costings• A pack of information that can be handed to a build team• This will be an iterative process

• Once complete the Detailed Design will be presented to villagers at an exhibition hopefully in mid 2016

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Work in Progress – Detailed Design

• Price quoted by AMEY / Staffordshire County Council is £98.6K including VAT

• The Parish Council has agreed to support the Detailed Design phase based on the following funding plan:• That no agreement to proceed will be given to AMEY/SCC until all funds are raised• The Parish Council will pay the VAT and reclaim it• Section 106 money due if the Cameron Homes development goes ahead at the Marina will be allocated

to the project (see scenarios below, availability is dependent on when building commences)• The Parish Council will invest £10k in the project.• The Village Enhancement Committee will raise the balance.

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Work in Progress – Detailed Design

Funding with S106 Money VAT £15,600S106 Money £30,000Parish Council Investment £10,000Better Barton existing Funds £4,700Funds to be Raised £38,300 Total £98,600

Funding without S106 Money VAT £15,600 Parish Council Investment £10,000Better Barton existing Funds £4,700Funds to be Raised £68,300 Total £98,600

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Michael Fabricant - Member of Parliament for Lichfield.Mark Winnington - Cabinet Member, Staffordshire County Council.Tim Corbett - County Councillor, Staffordshire County Council.SUSTRANSESBCAMEY / Staffordshire County Council.Aggregate Industries / HOLCIM

Support (Gratefully) Received So Far

Exciting community-led project to enhance the centre of an historic village - the first project of its kind in Staffordshire and one of the first in The UK.

It will become a showcase / reference point for what might be done to enhance the environment for all.

Project Completion and ImplementationBETTER SAFER BARTON PROJECT

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Thank you for your time and attention

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