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Inspectors criticise council for trying to stop rail freight depot

Planning

Andrew Forster
01 May 2020
 

Planning inspectors have criticised St Albans District Council for obstructing the delivery of a strategic rail freight interchange (SRFI) facility to serve London and the South East. 

The freight depot is proposed for the former Radlett Airfield site, a parcel of Green Belt land south of St Albans. It would be  connected to the Midland Main Line that passes the site to the east. 

The Government granted planning permission for the SRFI in 2014 but St Albans Council, which has...

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