Picture for a moment how up to 200 HGVs a day would fit into this scene on Birdcage Lane - Aggregate Industries’ proposed site access to Straitgate Farm.
The field entrance on the right is the one belonging to a third party - the field entrance that AI wants to incorporate into its new junction plans.
Whilst this scene obviously doesn’t happen every day on Birdcage Lane - and what AI is proposing would - it was enough to cause a few problems on the B3174.
But Birdcage Lane serves a valuable purpose for agricultural access; people are happy with that - it’s how food gets to our table.