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1.Under Article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 (SI No.1995/419) the Secretary of State for Transport has directed that permission be refused because the proposed development includes the creation of a new vehicular access to the A47 trunk road and insufficient details have been provided to enable the development's effect on the trunk road to be established,with regards to both safety and the function of that trunk road as part of the national systemfor through traffic in accordance with Section 10 of the Highways Act 1980.
2.The proposed new roundabout giving access from the A47 trunk road is not included within the application site and no evidence has been submitted to describe the traffic impact of such a proposal nor to expand upon the mechanism for funding such a scheme which would have a direct impact upon the County Council's own proposals.
3.Policy TCM35 of the Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan Deposit Version states that the Borough Council will not permit any proposal to develop the former Vauxhall carriage sidings, Acle New Road, or the former Amoco pipe yard adjacent to the A47 Western Bypass for uses other than a rail-related development scheme.Any change of use which could prejudice the future use of the land for rail freight or rail-related purposes will also be refused.The proposed development is contrary to this policy and prejudicial to the Council's aim to promote the development of the rail sidings for freight traffic in conjunction with the development of the port and the proposed Outer Harbour.
4.The proposal is contrary to policies CS.1, CS.11, EC.1 and T.1 of the Approved Norfolk Structure Plan (1993) and to policies CS.1, T.1 and T.5 as contained in the Draft Norfolk Structure Plan (1997) and thereby prejudicial to the strategic planning objectives of the Plans. Continued on next page.
5.Because of the close proximity of the application site to the Breydon Water SSSI,LNR, SPA and Ramsar site it is considered that the development and use of the site could have a detrimental effect on the natural environment of the most sensitive part of the estuary and that consent should not be granted in the absence of an environmental assessment required under Regulation 48 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats,& c.) Regulations 1994.
6.The site is identified as a Potential Rail Aggregate Depot in the Norfolk Minerals Local Plan policy MIN 22 of which states that the County Council will seek to safeguard potential rail head aggregate depot sites as shown on the Proposals Maps against alternative development proposals.The proposal is therefore contrary to this policy and thereby prejudicial to the objectives of the Plan.