A1P (1) MAJOR HIGHWAY SCHEMES - A5225 ... - Wigan Council

A1P (4) ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD NORTHERN BYPASS
Objections to Draft Deposit
Ref No a b c d Name Agent Response Ref.
155 O 002 A 1P Dr John Holden WMBC 155 A1P (4)
457 O 008 A 1P Highways Agency WMBC 457/727 A1P
727 O 021 A 1P Greater Manchester Ecology Unit WMBC 457/727 A1P
Draft Deposit Objections Unconditionally Withdrawn
Ref No a b c d Name Agent Response Ref.
424 O 021 A 1P Phil Lally
Objections to Revised Deposit
Ref No a b c d Name Agent Response Ref.
727 O 034 A 1P Greater Manchester Ecology Unit WMBC 457/727 A1P
747 O 093 A 1P Wigan Borough Action Group WIGAN MBC 747/A
Note
Objection 155/002 relates to policy A1P(1) and is dealt with in that section of this report.
Main Issues
Whether this policy is appropriate, having regard to:
• the prospects that the policy will achieve its stated objectives;
• the implications for the trunk road network;
• the prospects for land assembly and securing the necessary financial resources.
Inspector’s Considerations and Conclusions
The prospects that the policy will achieve its stated objectives
10.138 The RDD proposes that the Council will safeguard the land required for
the Ashton-in-Makerfield Northern Bypass (ANB) and will not permit any development
which might prejudice its construction. The reasoned justification informs that the
scheme is intended to provide a link from junction 25 of the M6 to the South Lancashire
Industrial Estate and onwards to the A58. It would relieve industrial and through-traffic
from a large part of Ashton. In addition the reasoned justification of the RDD expresses
the intention of advocating to the Highways Agency that junction 25 be made an ‘all
ways’ junction. At present junction 25 caters for traffic movements only from and to the
south on the M6.
10.139 The ANB is referred to in the adopted UDP as a scheme for which the
Council will investigate feasibility and, in respect of which, it will not permit
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