Under the strategies all 9 of the houses being developed at St Stephen would be cost effective. They will be a mix of 2 and three-bedroom residential or commercial properties and would generally be two-storey semi-detached and balcony homes, with on property being a single floor cottage.
The preparation application, sent by Mr P James, had actually been postponed by the committee in 2015 so that a traffic study might be performed following issues raised by regional individuals, the parish council and regional Cornwall councillor Mike McLening. An independent study, commissioned by the candidates, discovered that there was no problem with speeding on the roadway and this resulted in council highways officers to conclude that the suggested access to the website at Stepaside, St Stephen, was appropriate. The study discovered that none of the automobiles tape-recorded on the 30mph roadway was going quicker than 32mph.
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However St Stephen-in-Brannel Parish Council still challenged the propositions and declared that the traffic study had actually been performed in the incorrect area. The council said that whilst the arrangement of cost effective houses was welcome the roadway resulting in the website was “very narrow, making this dangerous for both pedestrians and drivers”.
Cllr McLening said that he had actually invested a great deal of time in the location and said it was “horrendous up there” with the quantity of traffic on the roadway. He likewise said that there was no walkway in the location and said that “nobody cares about putting a footpath up there”.
Committee member John Fitter said that whilst he sympathised with the issues of regional homeowners and councillors he might see no factor to disagree with the viewpoint of highways specialists who had actually said that the propositions were appropriate.
Some councillors raised issues about the highways concerns and asked whether there would be any mitigation steps which might be put in location to enhance the safety of the roadway.
Principal preparing officer Gavin Smith informed councillors that all the proof supplied to the council suggested that there was no problem with safety therefore no requirement for any more works. He included: “We will find ourselves in a world of pain if you go down the road of mitigation or to refuse on highways.”
A proposition to authorize the application as suggested by preparing officers was brought with 7 votes in favour and 3 versus.
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