FINAL POINTS, SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
The Application before you attempts to show that it is of
minimal scale, will have little effect on the already acute traffic situation
at the Junction, doesn’t warrant an investigation into the effect on the
vitality and viability of other businesses in the Village Centre and farther
afield and even comes up with the absurd assertion that it will actually increase
Footfall in the existing Centre.
The devil, as usual is in the detail.
I hope that the Points that I have raised and the arguments
I have put forward, lift the lid on what is actually proposed and the
consequences and implications involved.
The Committee, in my view, must firstly decide if the
‘Uplift’ argument is sustainable. I strongly suggest that it is false and disingenuous.
Should the Application be refused and go to Appeal, I am
confident that the Inspector, (who is reputedly more of a pedant than I am),
will agree.
If the Committee agree with me on this point, then my
arguments incontrovertibly show that the Proposal
is not in accordance with the Local Plan and the Application should be Refused.
Beyond this, on
Traffic matters, if any aspect of the Highways plan – particularly relating
to the one-way system and the effect of Crossings on the free flow of traffic -
is deemed to be unacceptable to the Committee, then I suggest that the
Application is Deferred until
re-modelling is redone without those aspects to show that the Junction operates
within capacity.
Otherwise, removal of any of these aspects by Planning
Condition might result in Consent being given with the Junction exceeding
capacity
I thank you all for your forbearance in reading this dossier
and wish you well with your deliberations.
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