Issue - meetings

Construction of an access link road between Bailrigg Lane and the Health Innovation Campus Road.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Jack Lenox:

“That the application be refused for reason given in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 13 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and 2 abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be refused for the reason given in the Committee Report:

1.    This application is for enabling purposes to form a link between the existing Health Innovation Campus Road (Sir John Fisher Drive) and the proposed residential development to the north which would result in a continuous means of connectivity from the A6 to Hala Hill in the Broad Location for Growth designation supported by the strategic Local Plan Policy SG1. In the absence of a favourable decision for the proposed residential development north of Bailrigg Lane, the proposed link road in isolation, would result in a significant adverse impact on highway safety and no justification and mitigation measures to compensate for the loss of the Bailrigg Lane hedgerow. The development is therefore contrary to A Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031 Part Two: Review of the Development Management DPD DM29: Key Design Principles and DM45: Protection of Trees, Hedgerows and Woodland.