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Truckstop could reopen as listed heritage site
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An application by the PDA to make Alconbury truckstop a listed site could stop redevelopment plans. Chris Tindall reports.
ALCONBURY truckstop could be reopened just six weeks after closing down after the Professional Drivers Association (PDA) applied to English Heritage to have the site marked as listed.
If the application is successful it would mean no planning permission would be granted at the site, frustrating owner Wrenbridge Land's plans to redevelop the Cambridgeshire truck park.
PDA spokeswoman Pat Nicholson says that until a decision is made on its status as a listed building no planning permission can be granted. She adds that if it is successful the PDA will do the same at Wolverhampton, where the truck park there is threatened with closure. She believes Nightowl could be persuaded to run the truck park again.
The plight of the truck park took another twist when Chrys Rampley of the Road Haulage Association (RHA) told CM that trade publication Estates Gazette had run an advertisement requesting applicants to run a truckstop in Alconbury. Rampley thinks the RHA might now meet with Wrenbridge to discuss its plans. No one at the trade association was able to comment on the discussions as CM went to press.
Nightowl MD Murdo MacDonald says: "I don't know what the position is. I have always said to Wrenbridge that if they want to talk to I am here. I have a cordial relationship with the MD there. If they want to come back to me they know where! am.
A spokeswoman for Huntingdonshire District Council confirms that no planning application has yet been submitted for the development of the Alconbury truckstop. Wrenbridge did not return CM'S calls as it went to press.
Wolverhampton truckstop, at Junction I of the M54. is due to close on 21 December.