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Representation by Robert John Fenwick Thorp & Nina Mickleborough (Robert John Fenwick Thorp & Nina Mickleborough)

Date submitted
30 October 2020
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

This representation is made on behalf of Robert Thorp and Nina Mickleborough. Robert owns property adjacent to the A1 including []. Nina (Roberts daughter) is the proprietor of []n which is a glamping pod business located on []. Access is taken through the main drive from []. The proposals are to acquire permanent rights to install bat mitigation boxes. The proposals are vague and unclear and we require further information to be able to understand the impact and loss of amenity within the woodland. WE are concerned that the current access to the property and the holiday clamping pods will be lost as it is directly onto the A1. We require that any new road access is maintainable at the public expenses and adopted by the local authority. The road needs to be wide enough and have enough passing spaces to allow traffic to flow both ways. We are concerned that the current vegetation that provides screening and noise reduction to West Lodge will be lost and we require details of the proposed mitigation to reduce the impact of the new carriageway getting closer to West Lodge. We need to ensure that during construction access is maintained at all times to the glamping business to ensure that no disruption occurs to the business.