Dibden Bay Inquiry - Inspectors Report - The National.doc

Dibden Bay Inquiry - Inspectors Report Front Cover Report to the First Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Transport The Planning Inspectorate Temple Quay House 2 The Square Temple Quay Bristol BS1 6PN ( GTN 1371 8000 by Michael Hurley BA DipTP MRTPI Date an Inspector appointed by the Secretaries of State 22 Sept 2003 HARBOURS ACT 1964 TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981 APPLICATIONS FOR ORDERS, PLANNING PERMISSIONS AND AN EXCHANGE LAND CERTIFICATE by ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS in connection with THE PROPOSED DIBDEN TERMINAL Land in NEW FOREST DISTRICT Introduction I was appointed to hold an Inquiry (or more strictly a series of concurrent Inquiries) into various applications made by Associated British Ports (ABP) in connection with their proposal to develop a new deep-water container terminal at Dibden Bay, Hampshire. The subjects of the Inquiry were: An application for an Order to be made under Section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964, in the form of the draft Port of Southampton (Dibden Terminal) Harbour Revision Order 2000 (the HRO). An application for an Order to be made under Sections 1 of the Transport and Works Act 1992, in the form of the draft Fawley Branch Line Improvements Order 2000 (the TWAO). A planning application (ref. 70243) dated 2 October 2000, for alterations to the A326 between the Michigan Way Roundabout, Totton, and the Pilgrim Inn, Marchwood; and to the A326 and Hythe Road, between the Pilgrim Inn and Veals Lane, Marchwood. The proposed alterations include the widening of the A326, the signalisation of junctions, the construction of a Terminal Access Road junction, bridgeworks, earthworks and associated landscaping. A planning application (ref. 75359) dated 19 June 2002, for the widening of the Ashurst Railway Bridge on the A326 at Totton, and for the extension of a proposed footway/cycleway at Hythe Road and Veals Lane Marchwood. Two planning applications (refs