Agenda with Maps and Applications (21Mb) - pdf - Selby District ...

- There are very few buses into Leeds and the one that does go on
the hour takes so many diversions it takes far too long for it to be a
feasible option to the car. No service on a Sunday.
- The roads and pavement have little repairs undertaken on them.
- The present eastern roundabout on the ring-road will also be
potentially overwhelmed, particularly if the industrial estate
expansion goes ahead and feeds yet more HGVs onto that very
busy roundabout?
- Parking provision at Sherburn and South Milford station is
inadequate.
- Statutory duty upon SDC to ensure that developments like this one
enhance not degrade highway conditions.
- Traffic surveys are in progress and it is disturbing that the sensor
placed at Low Street and New Lane is so close to the junction that
it will provide seriously misleading data on traffic flow and speed.
Having taken expert advice from a professional in the field am
advised that the installers were either incompetent, or trying to
obtain a particular false picture.
- Deferring the developers responsibility to provide infrastructure will
worsen the problem whilst maximising profits.
- Sherburn-in-Elmet already has a road accident record nearly twice
the national average.
- The plans indicate that new bus stops are to be provided on Low
Street, but not pull-ins, so buses stopping and starting will be an
additional hazard.
- As part of the original application for 498 homes Redrow/
Persimmon said they would provide a link road between Low Street
and Moor Lane “when traffic number and movements warrant it”.
The lack of a link to part of the site became a reason for refusal of
the original application. Redrow/Persimmon have now come back
and said that “it is proposed to provide a link road”, but they are no
more specific than the commitment given last year – clearly this is
another area where nothing has changed.
- Needs a strategy for construction traffic so the village is not
affected. Building the link road at the start would avoid this problem
as construction traffic could approach from the by pass and
residents of the new houses would then be able to use the same
route therefore saving Sherburn centre and South Milford from
traffic problems.
- The Transport Assessment prepared by Optima for
Redrow/Persimmon shows a surprisingly low 8% of the traffic
generated by their proposed development heading west on the
B1222 (Table 6.6). They show most Leeds bound traffic heading
south into South Milford and into Leeds that way (overall they show
46.2% of the traffic heading south and 53.8% heading north). That
is very puzzling because it is longer (by 3km) and slower than using
the B1222; none of us, nor any Sherburn resident we have spoken
to, would use the route described by Optima.
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