1. Highway & Transport Issues
Visibility at proposed site entrance on Oakdene.
- The exit is very narrow and does not meet visibility splay criteria to the right, given the potential
vehicle flows per day .
- There is a small residential access road on the left of the proposed site entrance that has not been
accounted for
Impact on road junction of Oakdene and Station Road
Given the potential increase in vehicles there is insufficient visibility splay to the right
2. Environmental Health issues
Previous use of site: The site was previously a railway yard and an ammunition dump and munitions
have been found on this site
3. Draining / Sewerage
Drainage in Hatton Station is already at capacity and adjoining properties have to have their sewage
pumped out every 6 weeks (approx) by Orbit Housing Association
4. Planning Application History
This site has previously been refused planning permission
5. Green Belt protection
The site is Green Belt and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) have confirmed
their objection to potential reclassification which will substantially compromise the future of
surrounding local Green Belt too
6. Protected Habitat
- The whole site is an important reptile habitat containing protected species
- Newts and slow worms have already been moved onto this site from a previously developed
location and should not be handled/moved twice (as stated by the The British Herpetological Society
and ACRT)
- Bats are protected under Regulation 41 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations
2010 and Section 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. They are a common sight every summer
on the site and are believed to roost in the trees at the eastern end.