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Oct 2020
Ripon councillors reject 'flawed' transport report on barracks development
Ripon City Council has unanimously rejected a transport report commissioned by Homes England for the proposed 1,300-home Ripon Barracks development.
The report in support of the development came under heavy fire at Monday's virtual full council meeting.
In the longest debate of Monday evening, the consultants' findings were described as ‘flawed’
Council leader Andrew Williams said:
Cllr Williams said the council supported the principle of developing the former army bases, but added:
Councillor Mike Chambers, who is also a district and county councillor, agreed a number of key transport matters needed to be addressed.
He seconded Cllr Williams' motion for a letter to be sent to Harrogate Borough Council planners, calling for resolution of outstanding issues before outline planning can be approved.
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Both he and Cllr Williams met last week with David Walpole, a traffic consultant appointed by the city council to look at the impact of the Clotherholme scheme on the the feeder road network and the city as a whole.
One issue that featured in the Walpole report was the amount of traffic generated by a new primary school in the development.
Cllr Williams said the report for Homes England had not taken account of the fact that 132 places at the school will be provided for children living 'off-site' in other parts of Ripon, creating traffic movements that had not been accounted for in the overall assessment of mitigation measures that would need to be taken to alleviate pressure on the road network.
Councillor Pauline McHardy told the meeting:
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