§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) when planning permission was granted for the construction of the PVC spur road onto the A6 Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass; [38977]
(2) what (a) legal and (b) other obstacles there are to the immediate construction of the PVC spur road onto the A6 Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass; [38974]
(3) if his Department has been asked to provide funding towards the construction of the PVC spur road onto the A6 Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass; [38975]
(4) what source of public funds are available to aid the construction of the PVC spur road onto the A6 Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass. [38976]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonI have asked the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, to write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Tom Levitt, dated 21 April 1998:
The Transport Minister, Glenda Jackson, has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions about the provision by the PVC Group PLC of an access road to their works from the A6 Chapel-en-le-Frith Bypass.550WThe High Peak Borough Council granted planning permission for the access on 26 February 1997. A condition of the permission, included at the direction of the Secretary of State, is that the access must be completed to DETR design standards. Consultants working for the PVC Group wrote to the Agency on 31 March this year seeking advice on this.The new access onto the bypass will require works to the trunk road. As with any case of this kind the developer is required to enter into an agreement under Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 to fund work to the trunk road specified in the agreement. The consultants returned to the Agency on 2 April, the standard forms which we had supplied about a year ago to allow preparation of the agreement.The Agency has not been asked to make any contribution towards the cost of the access. It is to form a private access to and from the Group's re-processing plant and as such cannot be financed from trunk road funds.