Object

Main Modifications to the Proposed Submission Core Strategy

Representation ID: 21333

Received: 07/09/2013

Respondent: H. Appleby

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

The revised feasibility study conducted by Mott MacDonald seems to me to be seriously flawed; the study is based on 1 train per hour compared with the 2004 study that was based on a service of two or four trains an hour. Obviously a 1 train per hour service is much less attractive for shopping trips. It seems to me that what is needed is a turn-up-and-go, cheap, efficient, accessible, 'metro' service, but the study didn't look into that possibility.

Removal of plans for the new station conflicts with RDC's responsibilities under the Climate Change Act 2008

Full text:

The revised feasibility study conducted by Mott MacDonald seems to me to be seriously flawed; the study is based on 1 train per hour compared with the 2004 study that was based on a service of two or four trains an hour. Obviously a 1 train per hour service is much less attractive for shopping trips. It seems to me that what is needed is a turn-up-and-go, cheap, efficient, accessible, 'metro' service, but the study didn't look into that possibility.

Removal of plans for the new station conflicts with RDC's responsibilities under the Climate Change Act 2008