CHELLASTON BUSINESS PARK AND THE T12 LINK ROAD

Chellaston Business Park is a proposed development situated between west Chellaston and Wilmore Road, Sinfin.  The development will be a partnership between Wilson Bowden Developments and Miller Birch, supported by the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA).  The team will also comprise: SGP (Architects and Master Planners), BWB (Engineers) and Indigo Planning (Planners).
The site and its link road have been in the local plan for many years and is seen by the council as being strategically important for employment and prosperity in the area.
The proposals are for a mixed use business park, including a hotel,  with a new link road (T12) between the edge of west Chellaston housing estate and Wilmore Road.
Pre-application consultation is on-going and an application was scheduled to be submitted to the council in Oct/Nov last year.  Work on site was expected to start mid 2009. However, we understand that there has been no formal application to the Council to date (March 2009). The link road will be the first thing to be built, to provide the infrastructure for the site.

Update (Nov 09):  Developers Wilson Bowden have told us that they are due to restart discussions with Planners at Derby City Council.  They have assured us that dialogue will take place between them and the CRA when their plans have been finalised.

Extract from Derby City Local Plan
Business Park Site
Site Master Plan

The link road has been long awaited by Chellaston residents who live close to the A514, but the single carriageway section of Holmleigh Way is simply not suitable for carrying the projected traffic, in particular, HGVs.  Its closeness to residents' property and children's play areas are seen as seen as specific areas of concern.

The CRA is supporting residents likely to be adversely affected by the unsuitable existing single carriageway section of Holmleigh Way (the route of the T12).  A group of residents have been proactive and has already sent a letter to Councillors, Mark Todd MP, Derby City Council and EMDA.  Read the letter here

Following a recent committee meeting, it was decided that the CRA should send comments on the proposal to the City Council, echoing the concerns of the local residents.  This can be viewed here.  Residents in other parts of Chellaston should not be complacent.  As it stands, the main entrance to the Business Park (and the through road to Sinfin) will be via Holmleigh Way.  But there is potential for rat running down Parkway and through the estate.  The proposals being put forward by the CRA would prevent this. 

The public exhibition for the Business Park and T12 was held on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June 2008. 

The CRA tabled questions to the full Council Meeting on Wednesday 10th September 2008 and a good number of people attended to give their support.  The questions can be read here.
You can view and listen to the questions and answers by typing the following in to your browser and going to the 'full council meeting 10th September 2008':

If you wish to fast forward to the relevant point, go forward to 47 minutes. 

Lucy Care, Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation  and Council Planning Officials offered to meet with our representatives to discuss the issues raised.

At this meeting, it was stated that the planning application had to have detailed projections of traffic along this road.  They advised that until the Developer submits his planning Application, they cannot do anything, but that once received, they would be doing the required appraisals against the Local Plan, standards etc. They were unable to explain why there are differences in considerations for Public Protection between the arrangements at Pride Park and those indicated along Holmleigh Way. They did state that it was for the Developer to assess the impacts along Holmleigh Way and that this was not a ‘Given’ for the Developer.

Important note regarding the CRA's position with respect to the T12

Chellaston Residents' Association (and indeed many people in west Chellaston) support the T12 road.  The residents who live along the A514 have been waiting for it for many years.  However, the existing single carriageway section of Holmleigh Way is not suitable for the traffic being proposed.  Yes, most residents were aware of some form of business park when they bought their houses, but the scheme has grown and the park will now have warehousing resulting in 24/7 HGV traffic.  This, together with the through HGV traffic to and from Sinfin will result in a problem comparable with that now encountered on the A514 (or possibly even worse).  We do not believe that this is acceptable and it is not too late to incorporate changes to the road system to bring about continued quality of life to those along the road, whilst taking some of the traffic from the village centre.  We are here to represent all Chellaston residents -  north, south, east, west, and the village centre.  We are here to make Chellaston a better place to live (and work).  If we can support a sensible cause, we will.  The T12 issue is one example.