High carbon infrastructure planning
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Chelmsford City 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 Chelmsford City 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,
I am sending this email in response to your Freedom of Information Act
(2000) request reference IR 10218. Please use this reference in any
subsequent contact relating to this request.
You have requested Chelmsford City Council to provide information on
highways.
I confirm that the Council does not hold this information as this function
is not our responsibility. This is the responsibility of Essex County
Council within the area of Chelmsford. You can contact their Freedom of
Information department using the following address:
[1][email address]
In addition, I can confirm that there are no airports within the area of
Chelmsford.
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Yours sincerely,
Hollie Brennan
Information Governance Officer
Chelmsford City Council
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