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ITEM TIC6

TRANSPORT IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE –
6 DECEMBER 2002

Introduction

1. The Carterton-A40 Link Road will link North East Carterton with the B4477 Minster Road north of Brize Norton village, thereby providing a bypass of Brize Norton for the main Carterton-A40 route. Its route is shown on Annex 1.(download as .doc file). It will be financed by the developer of North East Carterton in accordance with an agreement made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Under the agreement the link road has to be open to traffic before the number of occupied dwellings in the North East Carterton Development reaches 400.
2. Existing roads will have to be permanently diverted locally, a length of existing highway will have to be stopped up, and private means of access to premises will have to be stopped up when the link road is built. Therefore it will be necessary for the County Council as the Highway Authority to exercise its powers under the Highways Act 1980 to make a Side Roads Order and submit that Side Roads Order to the Secretary of State for Transport for confirmation. This report recommends that the Side Roads Order be published, and submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation.

Background

3. The North East Carterton development, including the Carterton-A40 Link Road south of the existing Burford Road, was granted planning permission, reference W97/0843, on 10 February 1998. The construction of the Carterton-A40 Link Road from Burford Road to the B4477 Minster Road was granted planning permission, reference W98/1392, on 9 November 1998. The developer already owns all the land required. The design and construction is being managed by the developer`s consulting engineers. The preparation of the draft Side Roads Order is being carried out by the County Council`s consulting engineers, The Babtie Group.

Environmental Implications

4. The Carterton-A40 Link Road will relieve Brize Norton village of the increasing amount of through traffic going between Carterton and the A40 dual carriageway to the east. For most of its length between Burford Road and Minster Road, it will be in a cutting and will not intrude into the rural landscape. No lighting is planned on this length except on the approaches to junctions.

Financial and Staff Implications

5. Babtie`s fees and the County Council`s staff time costs in connection with the Side Roads Order preparation will be rechargeable to the developer. Staff of Environmental Services will be involved in managing Babtie`s work and dealing with the developer`s consulting engineers, the Department for Transport, and members of the public. Staff of the Business Directorate Legal Unit will be involved in the publication, and submission of the Side Roads Order to the Secretary of State and with all relevant procedures to obtain confirmation of the Side Roads Order. The amount of time required for each member of staff is not expected to be large, provided that there are no unresolvable objections to the Side Roads Order. However should there be any objections which could not be resolved, then there would have to be a Public Inquiry, which would require a large amount of staff time.

RECOMMENDATION

6. The Committee is RECOMMENDED to authorise the publication and submission to the Secretary of State for confirmation of a Side Roads Order which will be necessary to enable the construction of the Carterton-A40 Link Road to proceed.

DAVID YOUNG
Director of Environmental Services

Contact Officer: David Deriaz Tel: Oxford 815666

November 2002

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