Retail Development
Planning application: Sainsbury’s supermarket and filling station, employment units, park & ride site.
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall Council.
Highway Authority: Cornwall Council.
Outcome: Approved.
We are retained by Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd as Highway Consultant working on new stores, store extensions, and convenience stores in the South West of England and Wales. Connect was appointed by Sainsbury’s in connection with their proposals to redevelop the former British International Helicopters (BIH) airport on land adjacent to A30 Eastern Green, Penzance.
The BIH airport provided regular travel connections between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, and the proposals included the relocation of the heliport operation to Newquay and the redevelopment of the site for a Sainsbury’s foodstore, petrol filling station, new employment units, and a park and ride facility.
Sainsbury’s aspirations included primary access to the site via a new roundabout junction with the A30 Eastern Green. Cornwall Council control responsibility for this section of the road network, but the A30 Trunk Road connects with Eastern Green c.300m north of the site, and the then Highways Agency was closely involved. The access arrangements were successfully negotiated, including secondary site access from Jelbert Way on the northern site boundary. The proposals received planning permission, and the store opened.
Alongside the production of the Transport Assessment, Travel Plans, highway layout design and negotiations with the Local Planning Authority, Connect attended a series of public exhibitions liaising with local residents, stakeholders, and interested parties to discuss the highways and transportation effects of each scheme.