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Enquiry

From
Amanda Logan
Date advice given
19 April 2012
Enquiry type
Email

I, Amanda Logan, wish to be registered as an itnerested party regarding the A556 proposed development.

I also wish to raise the following concerns regarding this development:

  1. I feel this has been an unfair consultation for several reasons. Firstly the summary documents posted through to my home address were misleading and did not contain enough detail for an adequate decision to be made based on the documents received. Secondly, it was impossible for me to view the maps and documents at Little Bollington School in the time that they were available there ((Tuesday 31st January), as I am a working mother with a young child who I have to see to in the evening.

2)I have not been consulted previously about my opinions regarding the choice of routes and neither have any of my neighbours, so the statement of " preferred route " as a result of "feedback from local residents" is not accurate.

  1. I have significant concerns which I am happy to elaborate on regarding the safety in the lanes both in Millington, where the lanes are very narrow, and on the Lymm Road, which is narrow and dangerous near the exit of Spode Green Lane. At this point, cars are often speeding and the nearby corner is a common accident spot.

4)I also have grave concerns about the safety of any horse riders who hack out from Brook Farm along the Lymm Road, who use the Millington Lanes for exercising horses or try to cross the Lymm Road to reach the Trans Penine Railway. This will make their access much more dangerous and I feel this goes against the policies for promoting outdoor sport and recreation.

I am happy to send through a more detailed letter to follow this and am submitting this e-mail as evidence of my concerns and disappointment in lack of consultation so far.

Advice given

Your comments have been noted and will remain on our file.

This proposal is currently at the pre-application stage. As you are aware the Highways Agency undertook consultation recently and the deadline for submitting comments to the Highways Agency on this proposal was 16 April 2012. I am unsure as to whether you have responded directly to the Highways Agency with your comments within their deadline, if not you may wish to send them your comments.

As your letter raises concerns with the consultation being carried out you may also wish to send a copy of your correspondence to the relevant local authority for this area. When the application is submitted to The Planning Inspectorate, local authority consultees will be invited to provide their comments on the adequacy of the developer?s consultation. Following the submission of the application, a decision will be made within 28 days as to whether the application can be accepted for examination.

If the application is accepted for examination, there will be the opportunity to register your views with The Planning Inspectorate and participate in the examination by completing a relevant representation form. Details about how and when to register will be publicised by the developer. Please note that you are unable to register as an interested party during the current (pre-application) stage of the process for this proposal.

Further information about how to participate in the application process can be found in our advice notes. I have attached links below to two advice notes which may be of particular interest:

?Advice Note 8.1: How the process works? http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Advice-note-8.1v4.pdf http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Advice-note-8.1v4.pdf

?Advice Note 8.2: Responding to the developers pre-application consultation? http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Advice-note-8.2.pdf http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Advice-note-8.2.pdf