Thousands of pounds of health care investment will be needed if a proposed Isle of Wight housing development goes ahead, an NHS board has said.
Commenting on Colwell Bay View Ltd’s contentious outline application for 27 homes on land next to Spring Hill off Freshwater’s Colwell Road, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight said a contribution of £16,148 towards ‘increasing primary care infrastructure’ would be required to mitigate the development’s impact on local services.
Writing to the Isle of Wight Council, the integrated care board (ICB) said the proposal would bring an estimated 56 new residents to the area who would not be able to be absorbed by existing medical centres which have ‘insufficient capacity’.
The ICB said:
“Without the contribution to increase the physical capacity, the proposed development will put too much strain on the said health infrastructure, putting people at risk.
“Waiting times would increase and access to adequate health service would decline, resulting in poorer health outcomes and prolonged health problems. Such an outcome is not sustainable as it will have a detrimental socio-economic impact.
“In addition, having no or limited access to primary care will have a knock-on effect on secondary healthcare, in particular on Emergency Department services, as those people who cannot access their primary care usually will present themselves at the Emergency Department adding additional pressure on the already stretched secondary care.
“The development directly affects the ability to provide the health service required to those who live in the development and the community at large.”
The ICB added that without contributions, the ICB would object to the application based on its ‘direct and adverse’ impact on primary health care services.
County Hall planning policy states the council will ‘collect and use contributions from developers’ to facilitate improvements to services and infrastructure required as a result of development.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England’s Isle of Wight group expressed similar concerns in an objection filed on Monday 27th January. The countryside charity said the new housing would further exacerbate pressure on public services including doctors, dentists and elderly care.
Colwell Bay View’s agent, Plan Research, previously said the development would ‘go some way’ towards providing ‘much-needed housing’ in Freshwater.
The consultancy said 35% of the housing would be ‘affordable’, with the scheme also delivering ‘significant wildlife enhancements’ and ‘public footway improvements’.
A public consultation on the application is due to close on 18th February and County Hall is expected to reach a decision on 8th April.
Blah Blah Blah, how much will need to be
spent when they start on the Pennyfeathers
project.
Lol
I have no doubt the devlopers will agree to this provisionnow and then seek to have it removed when they apply for a revision to the planning permission. It is becooming standard practice.
Greenfield land,so NO!
But it will end up being second homes as the dopey council are only interested in double council tax!
there will come a time when the dopey government tell our dopey council we need more houses,the answer will be,theres no more room!
we are an island ffs!
if some houses are supposed to be affordable,then they need to be less than 150,000 and only islanders are allowed to buy them,but that wont happen,its just greed,developer couldnt give a toss,he is just (like all developers) thinking of maximum profit for shoddy built overpriced houses,just like the second homeowner development next to it,meadow view,wont be a view of a meadow for long,i bet the owners there,when they visit,will be chocking on their earl grey!
oh no! A housing estate next to us! Watch the for sale boards go up!
£16000, is that a one payment? It wouldn’t pay for one cleaner on minimum wage.
Health care provision per sae is never considered as arefusal in planning applications, these matters could be resolved pre planning by the develeoper and asking for 16K for health provision is nonsense, that will pay for half a nurse or a day for a doctor, perhaps the IOW council could spend some of the millions of 105 money they have in the bank to resolve this.