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Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange

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  • Rodney Hilton Cure

    The applicant has not provided sufficient data to justify an additional rail terminal to existing facilities

  • Stephen Smith-Phelps

    Totally opposed to this planning application. It will be environmentally wrong for the area, bring additional noise and traffic issues, destroy Burbage Common and greatly increase the usage of the... Read more

  • Sue Wareham

    I am full against any of this proposal as it will have a devastating impact on a vast area around the proposed site, villages, people, environment, wildlife, air pollution, train stations, travel,... Read more

  • Tiffany Back

    Concerned about increased traffic through villages that are already clogged with traffic too big for the roads and junctions. Magna Park and DIRFT are large logistics sites within close proximity to... Read more

  • Alexandra Griffiths

    It is not a good location. I thought the A14 was built to facilitate goods being transported from the east coast. Warehousing has sprouted up to support this route which is all at the A14/M1/M6... Read more

  • ANTONY PEARSON

    Detrimental to my local environment - transport infrastructure is very poor regarding a huge increase of road haulage for onward transport of goods locally - plus noise pollution from trains and the... Read more

  • Christopher Graham Jiggens

    I live virtually next door to the aforementioned site of the Hinckley Rail Freight Terminal Interchange. I'm concerned with all aspects including noise and emissions pollution. More so noise and light... Read more

  • Clare Cliffe

    I am seriously concerned about the impact this will have on our family life. We live close to Burbage Common and enjoy family walks. It is so important for my children to enjoy the outdoors and family... Read more

  • Colin Melvyn Harris

    This project will take out of production, or possible production, many hectares of farmland at a time when we should be looking to becoming more self sufficient in food production. It will increase... Read more

  • Eleanor Tristam

    Concerns for noise and sight pollution, extra traffic on roads and loss of habitat. Mental health concerns for walkers of burbage common- this is a place of peace and tranquility for so many.

  • Jackie Knight

    I live on the edge of Stoney Stanton and believe the impact if this project gets the go ahead will be a great travesty to the surrounding villages and the local people. All of Burbage common and Woods... Read more

  • Karen Crudgington

    I am concerned about: Increased trains causing more vibration to our property as we are next to the railway line. This could damage the property by causing cracks and subsidence. Increasing noise from... Read more

  • Liana Pearson

    Detrimental to my local environment - transport infrastructure is very poor regarding a huge increase of road haulage for onward transport of goods locally - plus noise pollution from trains and the... Read more

  • Mark Nickerson

    Local traffic issues and green space usage.

  • Mr Lawrence James Wilson

    Please see attached.

  • Mrs Carmen Palmer

    I’m very concerned about the proposals to build a rail freight terminal in Hinckley. I live right next to the common and woods. If this were to go ahead the impacts on me and my family will be... Read more

  • MRS SHEILA NEWBURY

    Increased traffic on unsuitable roads. Destruction of green space (Burbage Common). Constant lorry movements.

  • Nicholas Taylor

    This is an unnecessary development that will damage the environment with a significant increase to traffic when the current infrastructure struggles to cope. There are already such developments in the... Read more

  • paul Wheatcroft

    Born in Hinckley and want this area of natural beauty and wildlife habitat to remain as an asset to our town

  • Ratby Parish Council (Ratby Parish Council)

    Impact it will have on the highways due to extra traffic on mainly single carriageways. Emission of noxious gases thereby foiling the effort to de-carbonise Increase of rail traffic along route to... Read more

  • Andrew Scott

    • This is a major development that is not required in the proposed location because many existing rail freight, warehousing and logistics distribution facilities are established in the close vicinity.... Read more

  • Shirley Iliffe on behalf of Anthony John Iliffe

    It is reported that the site will employ approx. 8000 people. At this present moment there is virtually full employment in this area and so all the employees will have to travel considerable distances... Read more

  • Ben Taylor

    The proposal as currently tabled will create a number of significant negative impacts upon the natural and built environments surrounding the Site. The mitigations proposed do not appropriately... Read more

  • Caroline Heath

    I am concerned about the infrastructure of the site, transport links and impact on the surrounding towns and villages. I am extremely concerned about the impact on the wildlife in the surrounding... Read more

  • Christopher Bruce

    Me and my local mp Alberto costa both agree this project needs condemning and stopping as take for example Narborough train station it will make the barriers go down their even longer and it’s already... Read more

  • Deborah Jane Roberts

    I have many concerns arising from this development, and, in summary, my concerns are: • Traffic • Ecology • Noise • Loss of amenity

  • Helen Ruth Fletcher

    The loss of the ancient woods and ecological devastation it would cause in the current proposed location along with extreme traffic congestion on the local A5

  • Hilary Jean Read

    There are other Rail Freight depots in the Midlands area and this plan is mostly road freight and limited plans for railway use. There will be a very significant impact to the local wildlife... Read more

  • Jacqueline Greaves

    There will be an unacceptable increase in Heavy Goods traffic passing through Sapcote village on roads which are unsuitable for large vehicles. This is inevitable because there are frequently long... Read more

  • Jonathan Chadburn

    My comments fall into 2 categories Firstly the significant environmental impact this will have on the Fosse Villages, namely Sapcote, Elmesthorpe and Stoney Stanton. This development is of a similar... Read more

  • Lilian Marian Pears

    I am worried about the impact the project will have on the local areas. In particular the volume of traffic in surrounding villages and the effects on Burbage Common. Also it will destroy the view... Read more

  • Louise Taylor

    Impact on the local infrastructure, Hinckley, Burbage and the surrounding area is already a busy town with heavily congested roads, which will not cope with any additional traffic. The impact of the... Read more

  • Mike kirby

    Destruction of countryside Increase of vehicles Impacting on poor infrastructure Environmental impact Already have multiple rail freights in area

  • Paul Colderick

    My main issues with this proposed are :- Light pollution at night. More noise at night and day. Build up of traffic through the village I live in. (This is already an issue during peak periods)... Read more

  • Sara Wykes

    Damage to community outside space E. G. Burbage Common. Damage to existing road networks and using green belt to create additional road network. Lack of good quality jobs being created. Impact on... Read more

  • Shirley Iliffe

    The village of Burbage which is within one mile of the site and on the main road connecting to it is often choked with traffic and this extra 100 lorries a day traffic will overburden our village and... Read more

  • Steven Greaves

    There will be an unacceptable increase in Heavy Goods traffic passing through Sapcote village on roads which are unsuitable for large vehicles. This is inevitable because there are frequently long... Read more

  • Terry Robertson

    This plan does not allow for the massive increase on the existing facilities. As it stands the current infrastructure cannot cope with the increased demands of this proposal, so therefore should not... Read more

  • Abigail Roberts

    The information we’ve seen is almost exclusively focussed on the final proposed development of the freight terminal, warehousing and transportation links. For a project that, according to statements... Read more

  • Alistair Cochrane

    I do not think this project should go ahead due to the impact that it will have on the countryside and destruction of Burbage common The area is a place of natural Beauty and as such should be... Read more

  • David Bacon

    Excessive traffic and loss of green space

  • Eric John Harvey Leese

    As a resident of the village for forty years I am concerned about a. the potential noise. Even now on a still evening we can hear the Nuneaton Leicester trains. How much the greater with a train hub?... Read more

  • John Michael Walker

    I am open minded about the proposed development overall and not against it in a general sense. However, I would strongly object to it proceeding unless it was an absolute condition that a new road be... Read more

  • John palmer

    Unnecessary and unwanted. Need not proven.Will be disastrous for wildlife and air quality as well as local residents Roads will not cope eg m69 a5 a47.. Narborough rail crossing is already disruptive... Read more

  • Nikolaos Efstathiou

    I object to this project. The infrastructure is not adequate to support this project. Vibrations by passing trains are unsettling and they are more likely to increase by heavy freight trains. Cracks... Read more

  • Oliver Ziegler

    The information we’ve seen is almost exclusively focussed on the final proposed development of the freight terminal, warehousing and transportation links. For a project that, according to statements... Read more

  • Richard Duplock

    I own a property in Hinckley and grew up in the town. The proposed development of the area outside of Hinckley, Burbage and surrounding villages would be devastating for local residents as well as the... Read more

  • Kenneth Vogl

    The proposed project will cause significant pollution whilst under construction and going forward with the significant increase in both lorries and cars accessing the site. The position of the site... Read more

  • Louisa Sando-Patel

    I live and work less than a mile away from Burbage Common and I can hear trains regularly, which means even at this distance the freight trains will be noticeable. The thousands of HGV movements will... Read more

  • Mr Andrew Stevens

    Air quality, the impact on traffic and delays on the current rail travel, as the freight will impact on local services and crossings. 45mins to a hour closures!!! Has full risk of flooding been... Read more

  • Mr Peter Orton

    Major heavy traffic causing disruption though the already congested village on narrow roads which are unsuitable for HGV. Pollution / air quality impact due to increased traffic. Environmental damage... Read more

  • Keena Dawn Pritchard on behalf of Pritchard (Pritchard)

    Concerned about the impact on the natural habitat and pollution. Also although extra roadways have been suggested to keep traffic diverted away from Hinckley I don't believe this will be successful... Read more

  • Shingirai Marikasi

    I object to the building of a rail freight hub in Burbage

  • Alison Jayne Jackson

    I completely disagree with what is planned on firstly, an environmental front. We need the greenfields and hedgerows not just for our own mental health an well being but for nature, which is under... Read more

  • David Richard Marshall

    The Hinkley Rail Freight will potentially mean our home is flatterned to allow the expansion of the Leicester road through Sapcote. It also means that there will be an influx of HGV going through... Read more

  • John Frederick Stone

    Many anxieties exist concerning the Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI). These include Ecology, Drainage and Flood Risk, Landscape and Noise and Air Quality. One of my primary concerns... Read more

  • Matthew Plunkett

    Impact on wildlife Impact on local traffic Air/noise pollution

  • Alison Piper

    Concerns remain about the road infrastructure being inappropriate for the proposed development (taking into account the new motorway junction). Roads around Burbage in to and out of Hinckley are... Read more

  • Alistair Morton Crooks

    This interchange seems unnecessary when one has already been put in place only 20 miles up the road at Castle Donnington. If there has to be another one it should be part of the Magna Park complex... Read more

  • Christopher Taylor

    I have concerns about this project due to: Environmental issues such as light pollution and noise. Volume of traffic The location which is close to all of the Fosse villages but distant from existing... Read more

  • Helen Taylor

    I have concerns about this project due to: Environmental issues such as light pollution and noise. Volume of traffic The location which is close to all of the Fosse villages but distant from existing... Read more

  • Jill Flanagan

    If this service is going to use the railway line at the end of my garden, I am concerned about the effect all the vibration of these additional heavy goods trains are going to have on the structure of... Read more

  • Mark Fairbrother

    I’m all for the train line opening then hopefully caterpillar and the new factory’s in Desford will lay on buses to and from the station

  • Mark Higham

    I’d like to raise a concern over the increased traffic through the local villages, Sapcote and Stoney Stanton. There has been lack of clarification of any improvements to the highways to reduce the... Read more

  • Neal Armstrong

    A railfreight interchange serving the industrial areas of Birmingham and Coventry sounds a good idea, but siting it in Hinckley, thirty plus miles away does not. It is not required here and will in no... Read more

  • Richard George Allwood

    I will send you a copy of my original letter to the relevant dept, company, organisation that was involved in the previous consultation. My comments remain valid as I see nothing has really changed in... Read more

  • Warwick Kenneth Kendrick

    I do not agree with this proposed project because of the following concerns which will impact local residents day-to-day life: 1). The Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI) site will... Read more

  • Anthony Slaymaker

    This proposed development will destroy our rights to our village life clean air and an unjustifiable needless development which is very close to similar existing facilities. Preserve Britain's Green... Read more

  • Callum Bradshaw

    Increase in traffic Ruining of the rural area Increase in pollution Loss of natural habitats On goimg construction impact day to day travel

  • David Hudson

    The increase in road traffic as the roads around this area cannot cope with what we have at the moment The impact on air pollution The impact on wild life the loss of yet more country side Light... Read more

  • Jo Williams

    Burbage Common has long provided an unspoiled green space for residents of Burbage, Hinckley and the surrounding villages. It has a rich history and is one of the few remaining areas where people can... Read more

  • Kevin Charles East

    My concerns are around. a) The Environmental and noise pollution Impacts for local residents as well as wildlife and fauna b) Infrastructure for local villages such as schools, housing, policing,... Read more

  • Paul David Leeson

    I live in the village of Sapcote. My daily life will be impacted by the construction traffic and the operational traffic. The road system and railway line are not capable of handling the increase in... Read more

  • Robert Penny

    I am in opposition to this proposal due to the negative impact it would have on the landscape, environment, social structure and infrastructure in and around Burbage, Hinckley and surrounding... Read more

  • Barbara Lees

    1.Would set a precedent siting a rail freight terminal and warehouses on a site described as 'Aston Flamville wooded farmland' ( Blaby District landscape and settlement character assessment 2020)... Read more

  • Catherine Cole

    The local infrastructure is completely unable to support a new rail freight interchange – this is both in terms of the capability of the railway line and also the local roads. In addition, the huge... Read more

  • Dominic Steel

    Hello and for starters It’s “an extra16+” trains a day not just “16 trains” which I’ve just read is actually 32! So that’s an EXTRA 32 trains. Secondly the road network surrounding this huge site... Read more

  • Nicholas Moore

    I am appalled by these plans and object strongly. In particular I object the removal of Burbage Common Road and several miles of public rights of way, without any provision for equivalent routing... Read more

  • Patricia Margaret Parkin-Moore

    I am worried about the huge increase of traffic through local villages and the environment, specially Burbage Woods

  • Peter Adams

    I understand that there will be an access road from the development onto the A47 joining at either the Barwell or Earl Shilton roundabouts. The road off the Common roundabout into Hinckley (Leicester... Read more

  • roger toovey

    How will staff get to work?? T here is no bus or rail service, if they have to drive ,where will they park?

  • Carl Fox

    Within a 50 mile radius of the proposed site there are a number of rail freight interchange developments, all of which are currently very much under utilised. The proposed site is surplus to... Read more

  • Mark Ludbrook

    I believe that the proposed project will have a detrimental effect on Burbage common due to the light and noise pollution caused by the additional trains and site operations. The buildings will also... Read more

  • Patricia Ann Gregory

    The Hinckley Rail Freight Interchange is totally in the wrong place. We already have a Rail Freight Terminal a short distance away along the A5 in Rugby which is still operating under capacity 20... Read more

  • stuart michael stripp

    I live possibly the closest to the proposed development and are concerned about the impact it will have on our future living environment with regard to visual, noise,traffic and light pollution that... Read more

  • Terence Lowe

    I am very concerned over what this planned development will do to an established rural area

  • Alison Williams

    Increase in traffic on roads & increased pollution is not acceptable. Hinckley is gridlocked at times already, with artics being Sent down roads that are narrow & not built for such heavy traffic.... Read more

  • Earl Shilton Town Council (Earl Shilton Town Council)

    Dear Sir/Madam, Ref: Your letter 40/EL01LEX_S42 dated 07 Jan 22. 1. Thank you for your recent letter referenced above. 2. The Full Council of Earl Shilton Town Council (ESTC) met on 10 Jan 22 and... Read more

  • ian swirles

    The People in this area do not require this development and it has not been requested by us. That should end any more discussion. The area is already out of balance because too many houses have been... Read more

  • Paul Shurmer

    Amount of traffic in and around the village of stoney stanton Impact on the environment around the village and wider Danger to children in stoney stanton due to the above. The maintenance of roads... Read more

  • Sharon Scott

    • No market need due to close proximity of other SRFIs in the area (including Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) and East Midlands Gateway (part of the new Freeport complex)). •... Read more

  • (Richard)John Hayes

    Increased closure time of level crossing at Narborough, which already is 15 minutes per hour. Increased local traffic congestion in Hinckley and surrounding village roads due to additional commercial... Read more

  • Alan Webb

    I oppose the application on the following grounds. The proposed project is sited next to a common that is enjoyed and used by the public for its beauty and tranquility. This project will impact on... Read more

  • Harold Victor Howell

    I live on Morley Road Sapcote and house also faces onto Leicester Road. the traffic as increased significantly since we moved in 10 years ago and there is now no x55 bus route which as increased the... Read more

  • John Garofano

    1. Proposed alterations to Leicester Road Sapcote regarding this proposed development. This is already a busy route through Sapcote, any additional traffic will cause danger and further risk to people... Read more

  • John Graham Widdup

    Traffic congestion, poor facilities and infrastructure

  • Kirsteen Thomson

    There will be an overflow of traffic that uses the site which will impact the wider area. I would be more likely to support the site if good and services came and went by rail however I understand... Read more

  • Malcolm Bradbury

    There is insufficient infrastructure in and around Stoney Stanton and Elmsthorpe to support this development. We already have too many HGVs negotiating the village roads thanks to the Calor Gas depot.... Read more

  • Marc Slack

    I object due to: - Increased traffic through the villages increasing pollution and road traffic accidents Removal of existing natural landscape Increased noise levels Concern of local flooding due to... Read more

  • Monique Soutart

    Too much damage to the environment, local villages, peoples lives, wildlife - for something that is not needed as there are several other RFIs close to Hinckley and it has not been made clear why... Read more