[HTS-members] Closure of Mill Lane.

[Karl Lawrence]

Many members of the Society have told me that they object strongly to the permanent closure of the Mill Lane highway from Berry Hill to the Bath Road.

In the four Berkeley Homes Planning Applications which have been submitted to the South Bucks District Council, it is a key proposal that Mill Lane will be closed at the bridge over the Jubilee River.  

The various objections made by members are :

+    It is an ancient highway that has been in continuance use by Taplow Village and Riverside residents, and by neighbouring Maidenhead residents, in the 1900/2000 ‘motor vehicle’ century years and for the several centuries before. 

+    It provides a safe, quick and convenient way to and from St Nicolas Parish Church on Sunday, St Nicolas School daily Monday to Friday, and Maidenhead shops and library every day.

+    There have been no recorded traffic incidents of significant consequence on Mill Lane or at its junctions with the Bath Road or Berry Hill during the sixty years of its use by HGVs and Container Lorries sharing the route with private cars.   

+    There is no evidence of public demand for the closure nor are there obvious or published reasons for it being proposed.

+    The closure will bring serious delays at the Bath Road/Berry Hill traffic-light junction.

+    It indicates the prospect of Mill Lane becoming a gated community isolated and no longer a part of the Village or Riverside communities.

+    A Public Enquiry should be held before the closure of a Public Highway.

Please may I hear your opinion by email to lawrencek28 at btinternet.com or by post to 12 Cedar Chase, Taplow, SL6 0EU or by telephone to 01628 631634.

Karl Lawrence
Chairman, Hitcham and Taplow Society


NB

The closing date for objections to be submitted to South Bucks District Council is 19 November. 

By post to Planning Department, SBDC, Capswood, Oxford Road, Denham UB9 4LH. By email to planning at southbucks.go.uk 

The reference is Planning Applications 14/01714/FUL , 14/01715/FUL , 14/01716/FUL and 14/01717/FUL

To be considered, objections must be in your own wording and not be a straight copy of another objection. 

The website to view the voluminous number of documents supporting the Application is www.southbucks.gov.uk/viewplanning 



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