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