High carbon infrastructure planning
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Uttlesford District Council as part of a batch sent to 181 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Uttlesford District Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s planning in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information is most likely to be held by a planning officer or similar.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:
a. Has the Council approved any new*1 or expanded*2 roads or road junctions in its area from 1st January 2019 until 1st January 2023? Please list which ones were accepted.
*1 The intention of this question is to understand overall increases in road capacity, rather than recent housing developments. Please exclude minor roads built exclusively to connect new housing to the pre-existing road network.
*2 An expanded road or road junction is one that has increased capacity for motor vehicle traffic, not counting bus lanes, cycle infrastructure, or pedestrian infrastructure. Please include roads and junctions where new lanes have been added.
b. Has the council approved any new or expanded airport runways, terminals, measures to increase passenger numbers or other planning proposals that expand airport capacity in its area since 1st January 2019 until 1st January 2023? Please list which ones were accepted.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Hannah Jewell
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Dear Hannah Jewell,
To answer your questions, firstly for question A, I recommend that you
take this to Essex County Council and ask for highways.
To answer question B, no the LPA haven’t however the Secretary of State
approved application UTT/18/0460/FUL which can be viewed online – all you
need to do is to visit [1]Simple Search (uttlesford.gov.uk) and enter
the reference number UTT/18/0460/FUL.
If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me or our
freedom of information team.
Yours Sincerely,
Daniel
Daniel Porter
Project Officer (DM)
Uttlesford District Council
London Road
Saffron Walden
Essex CB11 4ER
T: 01799510499
E: [email address]
[2]www.uttlesford.gov.uk
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