Issue - meetings

A report was presented on an application for the development of new highways including Preston Western Distributor, Cottam Link Road and East West Link Road including a new motorway junction to the M55 together with temporary soil storage and contractor areas, cycle track alongside all highways, water attenuation ponds, diversion/stopping up of public rights of way, landscaping and ecology mitigation areas, construction of two bridges, two viaducts, two underpasses and a cattle creep on land in Lea, Cottam and Bartle and to the west and north of the existing built up area of Preston.

The application was accompanied by an Environmental Statement and Non-Technical Summary prepared under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011.

The Committee visited the site on the 6 September 2017.

The report included the views of Preston City Council, Ingol And Tanterton Neighbourhood Council, Woodplumpton Parish Council, LCC Highways Development Control, Highways England, Natural England, the County Ecology Service, The Woodland Trust, Historic England, Lancashire Archaeology Advisory Services, the Environment Agency, United Utilities, National Grid Company P. L. C, the Canal And River Trust and Network Rail.

The report also included details of fifty letters of representation received and a number of representations received from developers or agents for landowners of land affected by or adjacent to the proposed highways. The views of Cottam Village Action Group were also reported. 

The Development Management Officer presented a PowerPoint presentation showing an aerial photograph of each section of the proposed highway and the nearest residential properties. The Committee was also shown illustrations of the proposed road layouts and viaducts together with photographs of each site and the traffic and air emission figures in respect of Tabley Lane.

The Officer reported orally that additional representations had been received since the publication of the agenda. Details of the representations together with officer advice was set out in the 'Update Sheet' and circulated at the meeting. (Copy attached as a supplementary agenda item and at Annex A to the Minute Book).  The Update Sheet included details of proposed amendments to the 'noise' section on pages 48 and 49 of the report together with amendments to Conditions 9 and 17.

In addition to the advice set out in the Update Sheet, the Officer reported orally that the diversion works in respect of the Hodder Aqueduct diversion could be undertaken by United Utilities under permitted development rights or those conferred under the Water Industry Act 1991.

A number of local residents addressed the Committee and reiterated the objections set out in the Committee report and in the Update Sheet in relation to the impact of the proposals on Tabley Lane. The residents also circulated photographs showing a number of HGVs on Tabley Lane and Maxy Lane.

The officers responded to issues raised in the presentations and referred Members to the advice contained in the committee report and the Update Sheet.

In response to concerns raised by the Committee, the officers referred Members to the proposed traffic  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4