Decision details

Response to Waterside Rail Construction

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Planning, Regeneration and Infrastructure

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The purpose of this report is to agree a Council response to Networks Rail’s consultation on ‘Reintroducing passenger services on the Waterside Line’, closing on 9 September 2022.

Decision:

On 2nd September 2022, Cllr Diane Andrews, the Portfolio Holder for Planning, Regeneration and Infrastructure made the following decision:

That the Council is recommended to:

a) Express support in principle for Waterside Rail re-opening subject to the technical work that will inform the Business Case demonstrating the impact on the environment and communities together with now any negative impact can be mitigated;

b) Encourage Network Rail to explore all reasonable scheme design refinements and mitigation mechanisms to minimise community severance, local traffic congestion, amenity disturbance to residents and businesses and any environmental impacts; and

c) Welcome this opportunity for the wider community to comment on the proposals at a relatively early stage, and to encourage residents and businesses to express their views

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council’s intranet / extranet site.

Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Grainne O’Rourke) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 9th September 2022.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are attached below

Reasons for the decision:

See Report

Alternative options considered:

See Report

Declarations of Interest(s): N/A

Contact: Mark Williams, Principal Policy Planner Email: mark.williams@nfdc.gov.uk, Claire Upton-Brown, Executive Head of Planning Regeneration and Economy Email: claire.upton-brown@nfdc.gov.uk.

Publication date: 02/09/2022

Date of decision: 05/09/2022

Effective from: 10/09/2022

Accompanying Documents: