Chris Chases Highways England About Response Re The Surf Lagoon

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Chris Chases Highways England About Response Re The Surf Lagoon

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects Highways England will give a substantive response as a statutory consultee to the planning application submitted by WHWhite Limited to Dorset Council in November 2021 for a surf lagoon on land adjacent to the A31 at St Leonards; and for what reason the response has been delayed.

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Richard Holden Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

National Highways has been working with the applicant and their transport consultants for some time to resolve questions with this development. National Highways requested further information on 8 December 2022, which is still outstanding, as well as clarification of a number of other points.

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