Agenda item

The following question had been submitted by Councillor D D Pringle for the Chair of the Planning Committee:

“Erewash Borough Council Reference ERE/1221/0002

The former Stanton Ironworks Site has been purchased and is due to be developed by Verdant Regeneration.

The application states that the new development plans will reintroduce the use of the railway line whilst developing a range of units that will total 2 million sq. ft of industrial space. The New Stanton Park rail has a direct link to the midland mainline allowing it to become a key distribution point for materials being imported and exported efficiently throughout the UK and beyond.

The application is very detailed and deserves close scrutiny and attention being paid to it by both Broxtowe Borough Council and Nottinghamshire County Council Planning Departments.

Trowell Parish Council are consultees, in my position as both a Ward Councillor and Parish Councillor I have looked at the Application.

It would appear to be a very good proposal, as it regenerates the Stanton Site, which will result in local Employment Opportunities during both the Construction and Operating phases.

Where it needs to be scrutinised closely is the access and egress for the site, it is in Derbyshire, so logically you would expect them to be using the current access to Junction 25 of the M1 passing through Sandiacre. 

However, it would appear to be proposing that traffic should pass through Broxtowe to access the M1 at Junction 26.

They plan to widen the A6007, at the mini roundabout, Pasture Road, Trowell Road and Ilkeston Road.

Similar widening, with the addition of a traffic light system is proposed for the A6007 double mini roundabout on Ilkeston Road, Hickings Lane and Coventry Lane.

There is a proposal to reinstate the Railway Line which is great, but there will still be substantial amounts of road freight to service the 2 million square foot of warehousing.

The site is adjacent to Quarry Hill Industrial Estate, which already creates substantial HGV traffic through Trowell on the A609, through Stapleford on the A6007 and Moorbridge Lane. Traffic for the Stanton proposal will, as happens now, still use the A609, A6007 and Moorbridge Lane to access the development, which has the potential to further exacerbate the problems currently suffered by Trowell and Stapleford Residents

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If this proposed access/egress is not challenged, HGV traffic will only be using approximately half a mile of Derbyshire County Council maintained roads, with most of it using roads maintained by Nottinghamshire County Council. As both Derbyshire and Erewash Councils will benefit from the business rates generated, is not therefore logical for them to provide the Road Network needed.

Can I ask, that this application, if it isn’t currently happening, be studied closely by both Nottinghamshire and Broxtowe Planning Departments, and responded to, the closing date is currently 4 of January 2022.”

Councillor D K Watts responded that he was aware of the application and the Council would write a detailed response. He stated that traffic was a problem and although it was a Nottinghamshire County Council issue Broxtowe would be making its views known to them.  The impact on Broxtowe would be considerable as existing roads were already at capacity. This could be a significant problem if there were too many HGVs and would be noisy and cause a disturbance to residents.