Mr M Scott, Bagby Airfield, Bagby, Thirsk, North - Hambleton District ...

dioxide than older aircraft, which have previously been kept outside, there is no
link that can be logically drawn between the expansion of hangar space and the
Government's commitment to limiting carbon dioxide emissions.
63. The development proposals, when considered against the target to
minimise vulnerability and provide resilience to the effect of climate change
(PPS4 EC10.2), show a reduction in vulnerability to disruption caused by the
weather to the operation of the airfield by the provision of additional areas of hard
surfacing to both the runway and hangar aprons and matting reinforcement to the
runway and taxi-ways to both aircraft hangars and refuelling points.
64. The second element of PPS4 EC10.2 is “the accessibility of the proposal by
means of transport including walking, cycling, public transport and the car and the
effect on local traffic levels and congestion (especially to the trunk road network)
after public transport and traffic management measures have been secured”. As
noted above there are significant obstacles to the accessibility of the site by
walking and cycling other than for staff or visitors travelling between the site and
locations within Bagby village. The site is not served by any meaningful level of
public transport that would be a viable means of access to work.
65. Bagby is served by buses on three routes, Services 58, 59 and M11.
Service 58 runs from York – Thirsk – Northallerton and returns provides at most 4
buses per day the stop is at Bagby Lane End on the side of the A19 a distance of
about 1 kilometre from the residential part of Bagby. Service 59 provides a circuit
of villages south east with access to Thirsk. It provides 4 return buses per day
with the earliest arrival in Bagby from Thirsk at 09:58 and the last departure from
Bagby to Thirsk at 18:22. Service M11 runs from Northallerton to Helmsley
through the village of Bagby and is limited to 3 buses in each direction per day at
weekends only from 28 th March to 31 st October and everyday during the last
week in July and all of August. (Appendix 22 provides copies of the
timetables for these services).
66. The proposal will be heavily reliant on the use of the private car to gain
access to the site.
67. The third element of PPS4 EC10.2 is “whether the proposal secures a high
quality and inclusive design which takes the opportunities available for improving
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