Councils to lose power over truck quarry routes
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• The Government is to stop planning authorities imposing legally binding controls on truck journeys from quarries.
But council planners oppose the move: they are asking for urgent clarification from the Department of the Environment because they fear a loss of legal power over their ability to force hauliers to use specific routes.
The DoE is telling those county councils binding hauliers to particular routes that they cannot do this. Councils must use only a "limited degree of control over routeing", says the DoE.
Berkshire County Council says it will appeal if any attempt is made to stifle its legal power to control truck movements to and from sites.
Commonly used methods by councils which use section 106 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 to control truck journeys include posting of notices at a site exit requesting drivers to use or avoid particular roads.