Railfreight news: Helioslough: "St Albans Council is ignoring first inspector" (From St Albans & Harpenden Review)

Railfreight news: Helioslough: "St Albans Council is ignoring first inspector"

11:06am Tuesday 24th November 2009 in

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The district council has blatantly ignored the conclusions of the inspector who heard an earlier inquiry into the railfreight terminal, according to the barrister representing developer Helioslough.

In an opening statement, Martin Kingston told the inquiry starting today: “The council has chosen, on a range of issues, not to respect the findings of the inspector and Secretary of State and insists on having another go simply because it disagrees with their conclusions.

“The proposals have been exhaustively examined and been found to be acceptable in all material particulars. The only concern was with regard to the potential availability of an alternative.

“That deficiency has now been corrected and there is now no reason why planning permission should not be granted.”