Decision details

Holmer and shelwick: traffic calming and footway improvements consultation

Decision Maker: Assistant director environment and place (Historic)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To agree the works necessary, which include consultation and surveys, to enable the design of a traffic management scheme on the site of the former Pomona works, Attwood Lane, in the parish of Holmer and Shelwick.

 

The scheme will inform the final design and build which will mitigate the impact of additional traffic and provide a safer walking / cycling environment in the parish. The scheme is funded through the S106 contribution secured through planning application ref P130426/F.

Decision:

That:

(a)         The consultation in relation to the traffic calming and footpath improvements in Holmer and Shelwick are commissioned and undertaken; and;

(b)        The 2017/18 public realm annual plan be amended to include the consultation and associated traffic/speed and site surveys at a value of £22,555.57

 

Alternative options considered:

1.           The council could decide not to implement the scheme, however the monies paid to the council by the developer, will be required to be refunded in full if not spent in accordance with either the terms or timescales of the legal S106 Agreement.

2.           Not proceeding with the scheme will delay or prevent the improvements which will be designed to mitigate the impact of the development. It has been demonstrated through the planning application process that there is a need for the works which will benefit the community.

 

Wards Affected: Holmer;

Contact: Bruce Evans, Engineering Manager Email: bje@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 07792880548.

Publication date: 19/02/2018

Date of decision: 19/02/2018

Effective from: 24/02/2018

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