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Monday, April 04, 2011
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
An email to Karen Sinclair AM over her letter in the Leader regards fatalities on the A483 at Chirk
cc First Minister, Chief Constable Mark Polin, Mark Stewart Airbus
Dear Karen,
Hope you have recovered well
I see you live in Llangollen a very nice part of North WalesAs a form of therapy I write emails to councillors, NWP, AM's, MP's and newspapers.I used to write to civil servants but most have quietly blocked me.
Cllr Ian Roberts in charge of the unaccountable NWPA has also blocked me, he should be sacked, not fit for purpose.
The email therapy is to combat stress caused by vehicles hammering through the village each day.
It used to be 2000 a day but Gordon Brown with his vast over spend of £1 Trillion + off balance sheet and local authority pensions black hole has got rid of a few. In fact we have quite large spaces where no low life (sorry voters) fly through.
The credit crunch has its advantages. I prefer quality ( my pleasures cost little) and quietness. We'll be getting plenty of that over the next 20 years although cities may see riots.
I suppose we have to have this mass breeding of low life and uncontrolled immigration to please big business.
No good the Tories getting in then either. What a pickle.
I like small government, a small population, a bit out of vogue don't you think?
You say we need to get the Welsh Assembly and North Wales Police to investigate the causes of the accidents. These two agencies along with HM Gov are the cause of issues. Although to be fair to Ieaun and Mark they are new to the job and can't be blamed much.
It's ironic that one of the victims is an Airbus worker. Airbus are the main cause of speeding trouble around here. Nobody does anything about it. They are just left to plough through our village and others each day and most days.
What have my village Penyffordd nr Mold. The two deaths at Sealand Rd Chester on two consecutive days ( 700 at funeral) and the recent tragedies on the A483 all have in common?
No traffic policing.
The Welsh Assembly Government, HM Gov, NWPA and North Wales Police should all be in the dock over the road deaths.
But its alright the media will let them off yet again. Perhaps the blogs need to rip it too them.
If we look at the general road situation in North Wales.
Week days. Morning rat run, no police in sight, race to work. No issues in communities with speed if the road is clear just plough through. Our CBM still in bed.
At night youth race around and sometimes kill themselves and others.
Weekends. Tourists (lowlife) Motorcycles with illegal exhausts by the 1000. You can hear the bikes doing something near 120 mph from over a mile away. Car owners racing to their caravans in Mid Wales. (and on the way back)
Extras. No policing so pushing and tailgaiting is normal. OAP's are being driven from the road by the 1000 due to racer pressure.
What about travel poverty for the old?
Local authorities allow loads of accidents to happen in the same places and do bugger all. Changing speed limits is very long winded.
What is it with Highways departments?
We have some joker ( ex Flintshire County Council Leader Alex Aldridge) who pontificates in The Leader that this can all be sorted with education and traffic calming is not necessary. I think Alex is taking this meow stuff.
We have over 25000 speeders a year. That's just Chester Rd, Penyffordd.
Our governments through their inaction from my point of view have turned any communities near main roads into race tracks. Your inaction has turned N Wales into a hole of excrement from an environmental point of view. I presume its because you need the lowlife vote.
Or do just not care about environment? What's Jane Davidson for?
So we have an unaccountable North Wales Police, Gosafe and North Wales Police.
What are we to do with these agencies who will not do what communities want?
Perhaps we will run out of money to pay for their gold plated undeserved pensions
Still its all relative. I could be in London being chased by a dozen ethnics with knives trying to kill me.
I'll watch the agencies go through the motions like they normally do. No progress made. Just give us the wages and pensions
Meanwhile David Hanson MP Minister for the Police smiles rictus grins in the media with the blue rinsers.
No idea just in it for the money.
We need a revolution...............................
kindest regards
Colin Hughes
ps You'll have to get in the queue for bypasses for the A483, Ieuan's well in front of you then its Tony Sharps' turn at Flint.
Dear Karen,
Hope you have recovered well
I see you live in Llangollen a very nice part of North WalesAs a form of therapy I write emails to councillors, NWP, AM's, MP's and newspapers.I used to write to civil servants but most have quietly blocked me.
Cllr Ian Roberts in charge of the unaccountable NWPA has also blocked me, he should be sacked, not fit for purpose.
The email therapy is to combat stress caused by vehicles hammering through the village each day.
It used to be 2000 a day but Gordon Brown with his vast over spend of £1 Trillion + off balance sheet and local authority pensions black hole has got rid of a few. In fact we have quite large spaces where no low life (sorry voters) fly through.
The credit crunch has its advantages. I prefer quality ( my pleasures cost little) and quietness. We'll be getting plenty of that over the next 20 years although cities may see riots.
I suppose we have to have this mass breeding of low life and uncontrolled immigration to please big business.
No good the Tories getting in then either. What a pickle.
I like small government, a small population, a bit out of vogue don't you think?
You say we need to get the Welsh Assembly and North Wales Police to investigate the causes of the accidents. These two agencies along with HM Gov are the cause of issues. Although to be fair to Ieaun and Mark they are new to the job and can't be blamed much.
It's ironic that one of the victims is an Airbus worker. Airbus are the main cause of speeding trouble around here. Nobody does anything about it. They are just left to plough through our village and others each day and most days.
What have my village Penyffordd nr Mold. The two deaths at Sealand Rd Chester on two consecutive days ( 700 at funeral) and the recent tragedies on the A483 all have in common?
No traffic policing.
The Welsh Assembly Government, HM Gov, NWPA and North Wales Police should all be in the dock over the road deaths.
But its alright the media will let them off yet again. Perhaps the blogs need to rip it too them.
If we look at the general road situation in North Wales.
Week days. Morning rat run, no police in sight, race to work. No issues in communities with speed if the road is clear just plough through. Our CBM still in bed.
At night youth race around and sometimes kill themselves and others.
Weekends. Tourists (lowlife) Motorcycles with illegal exhausts by the 1000. You can hear the bikes doing something near 120 mph from over a mile away. Car owners racing to their caravans in Mid Wales. (and on the way back)
Extras. No policing so pushing and tailgaiting is normal. OAP's are being driven from the road by the 1000 due to racer pressure.
What about travel poverty for the old?
Local authorities allow loads of accidents to happen in the same places and do bugger all. Changing speed limits is very long winded.
What is it with Highways departments?
We have some joker ( ex Flintshire County Council Leader Alex Aldridge) who pontificates in The Leader that this can all be sorted with education and traffic calming is not necessary. I think Alex is taking this meow stuff.
We have over 25000 speeders a year. That's just Chester Rd, Penyffordd.
Our governments through their inaction from my point of view have turned any communities near main roads into race tracks. Your inaction has turned N Wales into a hole of excrement from an environmental point of view. I presume its because you need the lowlife vote.
Or do just not care about environment? What's Jane Davidson for?
So we have an unaccountable North Wales Police, Gosafe and North Wales Police.
What are we to do with these agencies who will not do what communities want?
Perhaps we will run out of money to pay for their gold plated undeserved pensions
Still its all relative. I could be in London being chased by a dozen ethnics with knives trying to kill me.
I'll watch the agencies go through the motions like they normally do. No progress made. Just give us the wages and pensions
Meanwhile David Hanson MP Minister for the Police smiles rictus grins in the media with the blue rinsers.
No idea just in it for the money.
We need a revolution...............................
kindest regards
Colin Hughes
ps You'll have to get in the queue for bypasses for the A483, Ieuan's well in front of you then its Tony Sharps' turn at Flint.
copied to http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/
Hope this isn't too long for the Blackberry Howie.
Still loads of traffic on our morning rat run and you doing bugger all about it.
Links
http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/85416/action-demanded-after-sealand-road-deaths.aspx
postscript: David Hanson MP informs me that he has written me a letter
postscript: David Hanson MP informs me that he has written me a letter
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Wales has a new Leader
In
The Post
Also
Walesonline
and
Paul Flynn MP
Among those expected to feature in the reshuffle with promotion is deputy regeneration minister Leighton Andrews, the Rhondda AM who led his campaign team.
New Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones AM
Now where's his email address?
Link here
The Post
Also
Walesonline
and
Paul Flynn MP
Among those expected to feature in the reshuffle with promotion is deputy regeneration minister Leighton Andrews, the Rhondda AM who led his campaign team.
Others in the team who could be rewarded include Alyn and Deeside AM and chief whip Carl Sargeant, Wrexham AM Lesley Griffiths and Mid and West Wales AM Alun Davies.
New Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones AM
Now where's his email address?
Link here
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Warren Hall A55 Exit
Warren Hall Strategic Business Park - construction of the A55 Warren Bank Interchange Improvements. (Saesneg yn unig)
LINK The Welsh Assembly The Deputy First Minister has agreed to the implementation of a County Road Scheme by FCC under Highways legislation, implementing existing planning consent granted 15th October 2004, in relation to the procurement of the Warren Bank Interchange Improvements.
Date of decision / Dyddiad y penderfyniad:
5th August 2008
Statement of information / Datganiad gwybodaeth:
Planning consent for the development of the Warren Hall Business Park was issued to the Welsh Assembly Government by Flintshire County Council on 21st April, 2008. This consent requires the improvement of the adjacent A55 Warren Bank Interchange to be up-graded before the business park can be occupied. A separate planning consent was previously granted on 15th October, 2004 for the Interchange improvements. These included the provision of two additional easterly slip roads to create an “all way interchange” together with the creation of two additional roundabouts on the A5104, either side of the A55.
Warren Bank Interchange has a grade-separated junction with 2 slip-roads only (eastbound-off and westbound-on). Existing traffic travelling in the opposite direction goes through Broughton (county roads) to access / egress the A55 at the next interchange (eastbound-on and westbound-off). With the expansion of Airbus (A380 Wing Facility) and the Retail Park in recent years, a greater demand is now placed on the existing county highway network to serve the area of Broughton than was envisaged when the Warren Hall Interchange was previously approved in 1998. As highlighted within the Transport Impact Assessment for Broughton, Flintshire County Council view the construction of the new eastbound-on slip-road and westbound-off slip-road as being of network benefit to the area, by providing a 20% reduction in traffic passing through Broughton village to link onto the A55 to and from the east, thereby significantly improving environmental and highway safety conditions within local communities.
In order to facilitate the delivery of the slip roads, which would be constructed entirely on land within Assembly Government ownership, Flintshire County Council wishes to implement the works as a “County Highway Scheme”. The Council, as local highway authority, is satisfied that this scheme has network benefits for the county highway network and traffic congestion as well as direct economic benefits to both Warren Hall and the Airbus Facility at Broughton. The Council would utilise its powers conferred by the Highways Act 1980 by implementing the planning permission granted for the scheme in October 2004 (planning reference 036330).
The Minister for the Economy and Transport is being asked to consider the relative merits of the above scheme which is critical to the successful development of the Warren Hall Business Park.
The above scheme will be very retrograde for Chester Rd, Corwen Rd, Wrexham Rd environments in the village of Penyffordd.
5th August 2008
Statement of information / Datganiad gwybodaeth:
Planning consent for the development of the Warren Hall Business Park was issued to the Welsh Assembly Government by Flintshire County Council on 21st April, 2008. This consent requires the improvement of the adjacent A55 Warren Bank Interchange to be up-graded before the business park can be occupied. A separate planning consent was previously granted on 15th October, 2004 for the Interchange improvements. These included the provision of two additional easterly slip roads to create an “all way interchange” together with the creation of two additional roundabouts on the A5104, either side of the A55.
Warren Bank Interchange has a grade-separated junction with 2 slip-roads only (eastbound-off and westbound-on). Existing traffic travelling in the opposite direction goes through Broughton (county roads) to access / egress the A55 at the next interchange (eastbound-on and westbound-off). With the expansion of Airbus (A380 Wing Facility) and the Retail Park in recent years, a greater demand is now placed on the existing county highway network to serve the area of Broughton than was envisaged when the Warren Hall Interchange was previously approved in 1998. As highlighted within the Transport Impact Assessment for Broughton, Flintshire County Council view the construction of the new eastbound-on slip-road and westbound-off slip-road as being of network benefit to the area, by providing a 20% reduction in traffic passing through Broughton village to link onto the A55 to and from the east, thereby significantly improving environmental and highway safety conditions within local communities.
In order to facilitate the delivery of the slip roads, which would be constructed entirely on land within Assembly Government ownership, Flintshire County Council wishes to implement the works as a “County Highway Scheme”. The Council, as local highway authority, is satisfied that this scheme has network benefits for the county highway network and traffic congestion as well as direct economic benefits to both Warren Hall and the Airbus Facility at Broughton. The Council would utilise its powers conferred by the Highways Act 1980 by implementing the planning permission granted for the scheme in October 2004 (planning reference 036330).
The Minister for the Economy and Transport is being asked to consider the relative merits of the above scheme which is critical to the successful development of the Warren Hall Business Park.
The above scheme will be very retrograde for Chester Rd, Corwen Rd, Wrexham Rd environments in the village of Penyffordd.
Monday, September 15, 2008
A letter from Carl Sargeant AM with regards WAG speed consultation
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This is a letter from Ieuan Wyn Jones AM to Carl Sargeant AM acknowledging representations made by Penyffordd Community Council with regards vehicle speeds for villages.
This is a letter from Ieuan Wyn Jones AM to Carl Sargeant AM acknowledging representations made by Penyffordd Community Council with regards vehicle speeds for villages.
keywords: Ieun Wyn Jones AM Deputy Minister,
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Welsh Assembly Government publishes road and rail noise maps
At the present time it appears you have to send for the noise map by post. There is a cost. I can't tell straight away which grid number Penyffordd By Pass is on.
Penyffordd By Pass makes more noise than Castle Cement ever did but is ignored by some villagers in favour of bashing Castle over noise levels. The elephant in the room is ignored.
Noise Maps and Monitoring.
Link here
Penyffordd By Pass makes more noise than Castle Cement ever did but is ignored by some villagers in favour of bashing Castle over noise levels. The elephant in the room is ignored.
Noise Maps and Monitoring.
Major Noise Source Project Areas
Decibel levels in Wales available at a click (Well South Wales anyway)Link here
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
An Email from Carl Sargeant AM with regards speeding traffic
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 -- Press Release
For immediate release
- 20 mile an hour speed limits at appropriate locations - such as in the vicinity of schools;
- Speed limits through villages;
- The categorisation of routes by quality and traffic use;
- The potential for, and implications of, 50 mph speed limits on lower quality rural roads; and,
- A proposed period of five years for Highway Authorities to review and amend speed limits on their road networks.
ENDS
For further information, please contact Rebecca Evans on 029 2089 8716
Rebecca Evans
Office of Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn and Deeside
National Assembly for
CF99 1NA
Tel: 029 2089 8716
Fax: 029 2089 8293
Friday, March 28, 2008
A Letter from Carl Sargeant AM - Hostile Village Environment
Click Image to ReadKey words: Jane Davidson Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing.
The Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulation 2006.
My email to Carl Sargeant AM
The Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulation 2006.
My email to Carl Sargeant AM
Hi Carl
Hope you are well.
I recently tried to get FCC to measure road noise outside my house
Their "get out" excuse was that it was outside their legal remit.
Under Welsh Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 2629 (W.225) The Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006
Are FCC not legally bound to make noise maps for Penymynydd, Penyffordd and Chester Rd as they have major roads very close and the major developments of A494 and Warren Hall Exit A55 which will affect the above areas adversely with regards noise pollution?
Link
regards Colin
ps the above seems to apply to Aston Hill and the A494's
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Penyffordd By-Pass Noise Map
Noise can be a big problem in Penyffordd. The prevailing wind makes our by-pass sound as if we are next to the A55. A constant roar. As a human being with a nervous system I find the noise offensive and wearing. Do other people have nervous systems and wish to enjoy their garden environments?
Answers on a postcard?
The National Assembly for Wales (hereafter referred to as NAfW) has a responsibility
for most noise related policy in Wales.
Penyffordd By - Pass is a First Round Major Road A-Road.
This means our Penyffordd By Pass is near the top of the list.
1.2 Directive 2002/49/EC
Environmental noise policy in the European Community will develop over the next
few years and Directive 2002/49/EC, relating to the assessment and management of
environmental noise forms the basis of that development. This Directive, often
referred to as the Environmental Noise Directive, or the END, was adopted by the
European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on 25 June 2002.
1.2.1 The aim of the Directive
The Aim of Directive 2002/49/EC, is to provide a common approach between
Member States with the intention of avoiding, preventing or reducing on a prioritised
basis, the harmful effects, including annoyance, due to exposure to environmental
noise.
More data to follow
Link
Noise Map Penyffordd By Pass
MONITORING AND MAPPING OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE
Friday, January 18, 2008
Traffic Update to Inspector Alun Oldfield of North Wales Police
Dear Alun,
Hope you are well
I see we in Flintshire are currently having "an accident a day" in the speeding traffic department sometimes with fatalities.
Perhaps an epidemic?
The traffic here in Chester Rd, Penyffordd continues to fly through all day.
So the accidents are of little surprise.
I note that the traffic through our village has the ability to do 60 mph along
a route to school.
As you will be well aware my request for the traffic data has been denied.
My claim of 2000 speeding cars a day unable to be proved.
The figures are completely embarrassing and show that Flintshire County Council
have no idea what so ever with regards traffic calming in villages.
I have made an appeal against the refusal to supply data.
The refusal to show data just hides the complete inefficiency of Arrive Alive
with regards speeding traffic in villages.
I think it true to say that with their current resources they are unable to help much
with the current epidemic of speeding in North Wales
Airbus had a publicity piece in The Evening Leader about safe driving last Friday.
Their shift workers however continue to plough through our village from
before shift start to shift end.
Some of the speeders are Raytheon but I have an idea most are Airbus.
If the Arrive Alive data is looked at with shift patterns of Airbus and Raytheon
it will be immediately apparent that they are a major problem in the village.
Airbus' public relations piece has no relation to "the reality" what so ever.
The solution to Chester Road is the inability of vehicles to do more than the speed limit.
Wrexham Council the masters, Flintshire Council the dunces.
kindest regards
Colin Hughes
Penyfordd.
ps I wonder if the new Corporate Responsibilty laws coming in April will have Flintshire County Council and the Welsh Assembly putting Safety before Leisure with regards how they spend our money?
Links
Thursday, December 20, 2007
The Minister for Regeneration and Environment
This is Jane Davidson AM , Minister for Regeneration and Environment for the Welsh Assembly Government. I have 200o cars a day speeding passed my house every day Jane. We need some environment similar to Rossett. Also County Councillors to match.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
A letter from Ieuan Wyn Jones to Janet Ryder AM about my question with regards Broughton Developments and Penyffordd Increased Traffic
Click on Letter to Enlarge.
The red square being the important part.
A Letter from Janet Ryder AM with regards Broughton Developments
Click on Image to Readit would take minutes to load. This is a letter from Janet Ryder with a copy of a letter above written by Ieuan Wyn Jones Minister for the Economy and Transport for the WAG.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
20 mph Limits for Route to Schools
In The Evening Leader today an article about BMA Wales calling on The Welsh Assembly Government to put the brake on speeding motorists and designate all walk routes 20mph zones.
The article finishes with :-
The BMA is calling on the Assembly, Sustrans and local authorities in Wales to work on a major joint strategy to identify all major walk to school routes and roll-out a programme of 20mph zones across all parts of Wales.
Dr Lewis added: "Extending 20mph zones to all walk-to-school routes will give parents greater assurance about their children's safety, help make pupils more active but more importantly it will help save more Welsh lives."
Links
BBC Wales
Sustrans
The article finishes with :-
The BMA is calling on the Assembly, Sustrans and local authorities in Wales to work on a major joint strategy to identify all major walk to school routes and roll-out a programme of 20mph zones across all parts of Wales.
Dr Lewis added: "Extending 20mph zones to all walk-to-school routes will give parents greater assurance about their children's safety, help make pupils more active but more importantly it will help save more Welsh lives."
Links
BBC Wales
Sustrans
Monday, August 06, 2007
Manual for Streets - The Assembly's Plan for Welsh Villages
This is the Department of Transport's Communities and Local Government Manual for Streets. It is to be used by The Welsh Assembly Government for Welsh villages. On the front you can see children playing just off a village road with a moving car in the background.This document covers non trunk roads. Currently not sure of Chester Road's designation.
Foreword 6
Preface 7
1 Introduction 10
2 Streets in context 14
3 The design process - from policy to implementation 22
4 Layout and connectivity 40
5 Quality places 50
6 Street users’ needs 62
7 Street geometry 78
8 Parking 98
9 Traffic signs and markings 114
10 Street furniture and street lighting 120
11 Materials, adoption and maintenance 126
Index 138
Contents
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Hazel Blears, Locals to Decide on Traffic Calming
Friday, July 6, 2007
Give Local Communities meaningful input into the planning and decision making process
The Green Party today called on Hazel Blears to take her new proposals on local democracy further by enabling local communities to have a truly meaningful input into the planning and decision-making process.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today announced that direct ballots would be held in local areas over "big choices" on local council spending, including choosing priorities between "play areas, youth facilities, traffic calming or more community wardens". Pilot schemes could be extended to allow the petitioning of councils to consider policy proposals from the public.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Welsh Assembly's Decision on Broughton Retail Park Extension
This report is intended to provide you with the facts and analysis of the facts upon which the Minister has taken the following decision. This decision report does not include information which can be properly withheld under the exemptions set out in the National Assembly's Code of Practice on Public Access to Information.
Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn nodi’r ffeithiau a’r dadansoddiad ffeithiol a ddefnyddiwyd fel sail ar gyfer penderfyniad y Gweinidog. Nid yw’r adroddiad yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y caniateir ei dal yn ôl o dan yr eithriadau a nodir yng Nghod Ymarfer y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol ar Ganiatáu i’r Cyhoedd Weld Gwybodaeth.
Subject / Pwnc:
Application for call in of planning application for Broughton retail park, Broughton, Chester.
Summary of decision / Crynodeb o’r penderfyniad:
Not to call-in the application for determination
Date of decision / Dyddiad y penderfyniad:
7th June 2006
Statement of information / Datganiad gwybodaeth:
OUTLINE – EXTENSION TO EXISTING SHOPPING PARK INCLUDING 15,859m2 (170,000FT2) OF NEW RETAIL FLOORSPACE, PLUS 2,500m2 (27,000ft2) OF MEZZANINE, ADDITIONAL AND RECONFIGURED CAR PARKING, ON AND OFF-SITE HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS, ENHANCED BUS, CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN PROVISION, LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS
BROUGHTON RETAIL PARK, BROUGHTON, CHESTER
The Assembly Government has the power under Section 77 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to call in an application for planning permission for its own determination.
The Assembly Government considers that development proposals are generally best determined locally by planning authorities that know their area, its needs and sensitivities. The Assembly does not interfere with local planning authorities’ jurisdiction unless it is necessary to do so. Very few planning applications are called-in. Those applications that are called-in are generally considered to be those which raise issues of more than local importance, issues which could include, for example, those that:
· are in conflict with national planning policies;
· could have wide effects beyond their immediate locality;
Perhaps a missed opportunity in hindsight. An extra million cars a year could be described a "wide effect" for Chester Rd, Penyffordd.
· may give rise to substantial controversy beyond the immediate locality;
· are likely significantly to affect sites of scientific, nature conservation or historic interest or areas of landscape importance;
· raise issues of national security; or
· raise novel planning issues.
On 12th May 2006 Flintshire County Council referred the above application to the National Assembly under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Shopping Development) (England and Wales) (No 2) Direction 1993 and the Town and Country (Development Plans and Consultation) Directions 1992.
The National Assembly has also received a call in request from Cheshire County Council and a local resident. Mark Isherwood AM has shown an interest in the case. The main concerns are
· The application does not meet the tests for retail development set out in Planning Policy Wales especially with reference to meeting the sequential test. (Effects on Chester City Centre)
· Effects on wildlife (particularly the Great Crested Newt)
The application proposes an extension to the existing Broughton Retail Park (BRP) in the form of a new retail development with associated infrastructure. It is an outline application with details of siting and means of access included and matters of design, external appearance and landscaping reserved for subsequent approval.
The present Shopping park complex comprises 19 No retail units, a pub/restaurant, a fast food outlet and a petrol station totalling 31,150m2 in commercial floor space served by approximately 2000 car parking spaces. The application is to extend the site by adding an extension to he existing Tesco food store, the construction of a new Marks and Spencer store, and an additional retail parade amounting in total to an extra 18,627m2 of retail floor space over an area which is part parking and part landscaping buffer to the south and west of the Woolworth’s store. In addition to the new shops the proposal includes an extra 502 car parking spaces and various local highway improvements with a scheme of landscaping and nature conservation benefits.
The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement and is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
The application was originally submitted in June 2004, to co-inside with the withdrawal of earlier applications for the retail expansion, which also includes the upgrading of the A55 interchange. This aspect is now the subject of a separate application (ref. 40534).
The upgrading of the junction is covered by a separate planning application it is now an integral part of the development proposal and, if Committee is minded to grant planning permission to ensure that one aspect of the development will not take place without the other.
The responses to consultations are based on the proposal to extend the retail park without upgrading of the A55 junction. As the material change in the proposal ( the junction improvements) are the subject if a separate planing application no re-consultation has been undertaken on this application, but consultation responses on the application for the junction upgrades, particularly those from the various Highways Authorities/Agencies, clearly have a bearing on the proposed development as it now stands.
Development Plan
Clwyd Structure Plan – first alteration
Alyn and Deeside Local Plan (adopted 2003)
Flintshire Unitary Development Plan (deposit draft)
Planning Policy
Planning Policy Wales – March 2002
Technical Advice Note for (Retailing and Town Centres 1996)
Ministerial Interim Planning Policy Statement – Retailing and Town Centre 2005
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