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Bypass objector John Hall from Denton has received the following reply from the Planning Inspectorate to his request for information about the total cost of the inquiry into the proposed Mottram bypass:
The Planning Inspectoreate

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF THE PUBLIC INQUIRY HELD INTO THE MOTTRAM BY-PASS

Thank you for your e-mail dated 21 April 2009 requesting information about the total cost of the inquiry into the Mottram By-Pass. Your request has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Unfortunately there is currently no unit cost for Highways Inquiries but the Planning Inspectorate does recharge the Highways Authority (HA) at the rate of £630 per day. This covers the cost of Inspector days spent on the case, and we will also charge for any Travel and Subsistence (T&S) costs. As we are still to formally close the case, I have not yet had all Inspector costs that may be associated. However, I can confirm that at least 90 Inspector days is likely to be charged – and as an indicative figure:

£630 x 90 (days) = £56,700.

I should point out that at this stage this is an estimate.

The Planning Inspectorate does not record the time spent by administrative staff on individual cases, and therefore we do not hold information to fully answer your request. However, the case itself is prepared by the HA, and there is minimal administrative cost to the Planning Inspectorate other than obtaining a qualified Inspector and the raising of the charges applicable.

You also refer to Persona Associates. The Planning Inspectorate has not employed any other party in this case – any such is likely to have been dealt with direct by the Highways Agency.

The cost of the proposed Longdendale bypass scheme

July 2008

The cost of the proposed Longdendale bypass could reach £315 million, according to a Highways Agency document revealed by the nomottrambypass blog on July 17, 2008.

This is an increase of 71% on the figure in the Nichols Report of 2007 and 283% on the original 2003 estimate of £90 million.

The blog recently revealed the cost of the Glossop spur road had risen by 54% from £7.18 million in 2000 to £11.07 million.

May 2009

The Longdendale bypass scheme has cost £1,176,000 in the six months since November 13, 2008, according to Paul Clark, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Transport in a reply to a written question from Robert Goodwill, Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby, prompted by bypass objector John Hall from Denton. (Hansard, Tuesday, May 5, 2009). The cost up to November 13, 2008 was £16 million.
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