We posted this week about how HGVs kill more pedestrians than cyclists, and today, as if by magic, a new junction plan, "drawing 0308.101 Rev E" with pedestrian footway, appeared on DCC’s website for Aggregate Industries’ proposal for Straitgate Farm.
But the new plan has nothing to do with our post. It's to do with the concerns that Vectos and countless other people had raised over the potential impact of AI’s plans on pedestrians and schoolchildren.
In fact, the new junction plan only appeared on DCC’s website following a number of enquiries; DCC received the plan almost 2 weeks ago, but due to an oversight had not published it for local people and landowners to comment on.
DCC Highways "are still considering" this new plan. Their response should be published on DCC’s website in due course.
However, since DCC is still waiting for information from AI on the "consequential tree loss on the western boundary" and "additional information on the cattle crossing" - and further to our Update - it now looks likely that the determination of AI’s application, which missed the September DMC date, will miss the October DMC date too.
For anybody wishing to comment on this new drawing, or any subsequent environmental information published on DCC’s website, they will have 30 days to do so, in accordance with "The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017":
Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements 25 (7) Where further information is requested under paragraph (1) or any other information is provided, the relevant planning authority, the Secretary of State or the inspector, as the case may be, must suspend determination of the application or appeal, and must not determine it before the expiry of 30 days after the latest of— (a) the date on which the further information or any other information was sent to all persons to whom the statement to which it relates was sent; (b) the date that notice of it was published in a local newspaper; or (c) the date that notice of it was published on a website.
Any comments can be made online or by email to planning@devon.gov.uk reference DCC/3944/2017.
