They have various concerns the most important being that there just isn’t sufficient road infrastructure to cope with both the expansion of the airport and a large industrial and distribution centre.
China Gateway has over 4,000 car parking spaces and 566 HGV parking spaces so they obviously expect considerable extra traffic, the airport has capacity for 400,000 tonnes of freight and 1,000,000 passengers per year, they will have to invent a new word gridlock doesn’t get anywhere near it.
Essentially we are back to the problem of an ill-conceived development in the wrong place, which is being rushed through planning before there are plans that are anything close to a viable development.
Surely it would be better to tell the developer to go away and prepare plans that address the basic requirements for the site.
It makes a mockery of the planning committee to ask them to approve plans that everyone knows are totally unworkable and means that they will never get the opportunity to decide on realistic plans.
Does anyone know why it is coming before planning before the plans are in any sense ready?
Why is it coming before planning before it's ready? Before the plans have been submitted for the drainage system? Before Kent Highways have accepted plans for the road improvements required etc. etc.?
ReplyDeleteA good question, Michael. The only conclusion can be that the planning department is under pressure to get this scheme approved before the Autumn so work can start. Oh, no, it can't start until the archaeological survey is done, a footpath diverted and the other many pages of conditions complied with. Assuming the committee accept the many pages of conditions rightly included, I cannot see work commencing before next year as so many things have to be done before any building operations can start.
More importantly why is it going before planning "pre-approved"? What's that about? Where did that instruction come from?
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