Grade-separated junction changes at Land in the Vicinity of Elwick Village and the A19, Elwick

The site and its setting

The site covers land around the A19 and north of Elwick village, including highway corridors, farmland, private accesses and nearby heritage assets.

“The application site relates to land at the western edge of the borough of Hartlepool, which includes an area to the west of, over and to the east of the A19 trunk road. Beyond the A19 (east), the application site includes a large arced corridor of land located approximately 380 metres (at its nearest point) to the north of Elwick Village, which extends in an east/west direction for a distance of approximately 1.4 kilometres, where it would connect to the existing…”

“The redline boundary of the application site includes a length of the existing north/south A19 trunk road of approximately 1.7 kilometres that stretches beyond the northern and southern limits of Elwick village, which is located to the east of the road network. Elwick village includes s a designated Conservation Area, where a number of listed and locally listed buildings are situated.”

Officer report

Earlier permissions and history

Permission for the grade-separated junction was granted in January 2024, while an earlier outline application was withdrawn in March 2023.

“The delivery of the grade separated junction is a key requirement of the current adopted Hartlepool Local Plan (2018), where the strategic infrastructure is relied upon for a number of allocated housing commitments that are linked to and are contributing towards the funding of the Grade Separated Junction and road network to date. Of note, the delivery of HSG5 (High Tunstall), is reliant upon the highway infrastructure being delivered.”

“Planning Committee – 21 January 4.1 100 3 - 4.1 Planning 21.01.26 Planning apps Hartlepool Borough Council 4.4 With respect to other associated planning history, a previous “outline planning application for all matters reserved for construction of new grade separated junction was submitted to the Local Planning Authority, although this application was later withdrawn on 24/03/2023 (H/2021/0191).”

Officer report

Objections and support

Publicity produced two objections about highway safety and one supportive comment encouraging the work to begin.

“The concerns/objections raised relate to highway safety related matters.”

“The comment of support encourages the work to commence and be implemented.”

Officer report

Who spoke

A senior planning officer outlined the application, and an applicant representative was available to answer questions.

The committee discussion

A member asked how the British Horse Society objection would be managed and was told it concerned the already approved scheme.

“An objection had been received from the British Horse Society and a Member queried how this would be managed. The Senior Planning Officer advised the concerns from the British Horse Society were not something that would change in the already approved planning scheme.”

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The vote

Councillor Little moved approval in line with the officer recommendation, Councillor Thompson seconded it, and members voted unanimously.

“Councillor Little moved that this application be approved as per the officer recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor Thompson.”

“The application was approved unanimously.”

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