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HA defends truck park planning rejedion
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THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY (HA) says it turned down the application by Orwell Crossing Lorry Park to build an office on its land because it would become a "destination in its own right".
The decision to stop the Suffolk truck park being used as a registered operating centre for licensed hauliers was also influenced by concerns about access off the A14 trunk road, the HA adds.
The local council is now trying to set up a meeting between park owner Karl Rout and the HA to resolve these issues, although no date has yet been arranged.
An e-mail from Suffolk Coastal District Council development control manager Paul Coffey to the HA and council representatives explains: The purpose of the meeting would be to clarify the planning position regarding the site and to see whether there is any scope for 'additional' uses on the site on a temporary or permanent basis."
However, an HA spokesman says planning permission was refused "due to concerns that part of the Orwell Crossing Lorry Park would be used as a basis for business operations by the applicant.
"[This] would contradict the premise that the site is not used as a destination in its own right and would therefore require an application fma change of use of the site."