Road closures due to Balcombe Road construction will devastate businesses

By The Newsroom
Published 17th Nov 2018, 14:06 BST
Updated 17th Nov 2018, 14:21 BST
It is cavalier of developers Redrow to assert in their circular letter to residents that construction of a new roundabout on the Balcombe Road requires closure of local roads, that the works (and their manner of execution) are '˜necessary', and that the county council has '˜instructed' the company to effect this change.

At the end of the day the county council as highway authority will need to consider the appropriateness of road closure orders before they are made.

Closure is a last resort; it is not contingent on the planning consent; and full closure must be demonstrably necessary.

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