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<strong>GLENFIELD</strong> <strong>GAZETTE</strong> <strong>NOVEMBER</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Blaby District Council<br />
‘Untold damage’ warning on rail interchange<br />
‘UNTOLD DAMAGE’ to rural communities is in store if plans for the huge 662-<br />
acre Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI) go ahead, according to<br />
Councillor Terry Richardson, Leader of Blaby District Council.<br />
He says the scheme, earmarked<br />
for swathes of countryside southwest<br />
of Elmesthorpe, would change<br />
the rural character of the District<br />
and its village communities forever.<br />
His warning comes as the Council<br />
submits its latest formal submission,<br />
the Written Representation. In it the<br />
Council says it “vehemently opposes<br />
the HNRFI due to the far-reaching<br />
adverse environmental and social<br />
impacts it would cause in the local<br />
area”.<br />
The Written Representation and a<br />
Local Impact Report, highlighting<br />
serious concerns about the scheme,<br />
have been lodged with the Planning<br />
Inspectorate.<br />
The Inspectorate is scrutinising the<br />
rail freight hub plans, during a sixmonth<br />
examination.<br />
Proposed by developer Tritax<br />
Symmetry, the hub would sit between<br />
the M69 and the Leicester to<br />
Birmingham rail line.<br />
Neither the Council, nor the<br />
Planning Inspectorate can approve<br />
nor reject the plans. Due to its<br />
status as a National Infrastructure<br />
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decided by the Secretary of State<br />
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However, as a statutory consultee,<br />
the Council can raise issues through<br />
written submissions as well as at<br />
the various meetings and hearings<br />
which are taking place through to<br />
next spring.<br />
Building on previous concerns, the<br />
Council’s Written Representation<br />
says the scheme has significant deficiencies<br />
and fails to mitigate some<br />
of its most negative impacts.<br />
Objections include that it:<br />
Does not have a sufficient transport<br />
strategy in place and so will<br />
cause significant adverse road network<br />
impacts<br />
Has not been subject to adequate<br />
consultations with local residents<br />
Does not include a satisfactory<br />
noise pollution assessment<br />
Fails to explain the impacts in<br />
neighbouring villages such as<br />
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Cllr Richardson said: “We have<br />
raised concerns about these proposals<br />
ever since they were mooted and<br />
our opposition has not changed – in<br />
fact it has become more vehement.<br />
This scheme would give rise to untold<br />
and irreversible damage to our<br />
village communities.<br />
“Tritax have completely failed to<br />
consult adequately and take on<br />
board local feeling. Measures to mitigate<br />
some of the most negative impacts<br />
of the development simply do<br />
not go far enough. We have repeatedly<br />
raised these points and Tritax<br />
have repeatedly failed to act.<br />
“If this proposal goes ahead in<br />
its present form our communities<br />
would be saddled with a monstrous<br />
blot on the landscape, noise and<br />
light glare 24/7 and huge lorries using<br />
villages as rat runs.<br />
“We will continue to fight these<br />
plans and I would urge any members<br />
of the public who are able, to<br />
join us at the upcoming hearings<br />
and help fight them too.”<br />
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Due to the closure of<br />
Beaumont Market at<br />
Christmas we will be<br />
relocating to Church of<br />
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(only 200 yards from our<br />
old location)<br />
As from 4th January 2024<br />
our trading times will be<br />
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