A1P (1) MAJOR HIGHWAY SCHEMES - A5225 ... - Wigan Council
A1P (1) MAJOR HIGHWAY SCHEMES - A5225 ... - Wigan Council
A1P (1) MAJOR HIGHWAY SCHEMES - A5225 ... - Wigan Council
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A1R <strong>HIGHWAY</strong> ACCESS - NEW DEVELOPMENT<br />
Objections to Draft Deposit<br />
Ref No a b c d Name Agent Response Ref.<br />
457 O 009 A 1R Highways Agency WMBC 457<br />
572 O 029 A 1R Peter Sargeant FRTPI WIGAN MBC 572/A<br />
Objections to Revised Deposit<br />
Ref No a B c d Name Agent Response Ref.<br />
457 O 016 A 1R Highways Agency WMBC 457<br />
747 O 112 A 1R <strong>Wigan</strong> Borough Action Group WIGAN MBC 747/A<br />
Main Issues<br />
Whether this policy is appropriate, having regard to:<br />
• the protection of the trunk road network;<br />
• action prior to the submission of a planning application;<br />
• the relative priority to be afforded to wheelchair users.<br />
Inspector’s Considerations and Conclusions<br />
The protection of the trunk road network<br />
10.157 Policy A1R requires new development to facilitate safe and convenient<br />
access for all road vehicles in a way which is compatible with the hierarchy of<br />
accessibility and good urban design. An objector, at FDD stage, argues that policy A1R<br />
does not provide adequate protection for the safe and efficient operation of the trunk road<br />
network. At RDD stage the LPA has inserted in the reasoned justification a paragraph<br />
which informs that direct access on to the trunk road network will be restricted and<br />
developers will need to contact the Highways Agency at an early stage about any<br />
development that may directly or indirectly affect a trunk road. Such early contact will<br />
enable the Highways Agency to inform the prospective developer of the stringent<br />
restrictions on access which apply in such situations and of the implications, for the<br />
particular scheme, of DTLR Circular 04/2001.<br />
10.158 The same objector, at RDD stage, contends that this text still leaves it<br />
unclear when the Highways Agency should be consulted and what roads are actually<br />
trunk roads. The LPA has no formal standing in relation to emerging schemes of<br />
development until a planning application has been submitted. Once that happens the<br />
established procedures for consultation will be applied. It is for that reason that, in its<br />
reasoned justification to policy A1R, the LPA is restricted to advising that developers<br />
should contact the Highways Agency at an early stage and omits reference to a particular<br />
time-table.<br />
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