Representation by Stefan Georges
- Date submitted
- 20 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Living in Stoney Stanton, the traffic levels are too high for the roads. This warehousing will increase the traffic levels, both from HGVs and workings going to and from the warehousing. Most employees will come from Leicester and will use the B4114 to gain access to the warehousing, due to the poor layout of the M69/M1 junction, thus cutting through Stoney Stanton. Tritax have shown in the roadshows they have not properly assessed the area, they proposed increasing the speed limit on Hinckley Road in Stoney Stanton from 30mph to 40mph. This is a residential area with parking on both sides of the road meaning it is a single lane give way area. Another suggestion was to place traffic lights in the centre of Stoney Stanton. When the council built a chicane in the village, it caused traffic chaos and was soon removed. A set of traffic lights would be worse. Tritax paid for traffic monitoring to be done, this was deliberately done in July, when there are school holidays and traffic levels are lower. At the roadshow a member of staff for Tritax admitted that their traffic monitoring showed the roads are over capacity even at their quietest period. During the second roadshow, there was no sign of this traffic monitoring and I was told they had never performed a study. The roadshow was also inaccurate, both stating the development would create 4000 jobs, but no increase in vehicle traffic. The employees for Tritax clearly did not know the area and any questions which were slightly difficult, we were told to put it down on their forms, which I am still waiting for a reply to my questions. Tritax have shown contempt towards the local residents in their whole process and deliberately provided as little information as possible and using the loophole of rail freight to avoid local planning consent. The recently approved warehousing on the A5 at Hinckley further means there is no need for more warehousing and the increased traffic is already an issue for the newly approved warehousing, this development will add to the predicted increase in traffic. The area proposed to be developed on has a number of public rights of way and bridle ways, through fields to Burbage Common. Losing this natural area will have a large impact on the area, for people who enjoy the outdoors and the local environment.