Object
Sustainability Appraisal - Publication Draft
Representation ID: 66423
Received: 27/06/2014
Respondent: Hazel and Robin Fryer
Paragraph 1.16 & 5.34 - SA Objective 10
a) The road transport assessment does not consider the need to encouraging freight to transfer onto the rail system to reduce road congestion and C02 emissions. In SA clause 3.80 road traffic is identified as the cause of 40% of C02 emissions and it is not included in SA Objective 10.
b) Transferring freight from road onto rail was the previously the policy of Warwickshire County Council and Warwick District Council at the start of the Local Plan process. It was a key aim of the Regional Spatial Strategy which is used as the evidence basis for the Local Plan. The report is inadequate in the respect of considering the C02 emissions problem caused by a major warehouse development with road access only.
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