Accordingly, for the reasons given below, the Secretary of State agrees with the Inspector’s recommendation. He hereby allows your client’s appeal and grants outline planning permission for the construction of a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising an intermodal terminal and rail and road served distribution units (331,665m2 in Use Class B8 including ancillary B1/B2 floorspace) within Area 1, with associated road, rail and other infrastructure facilities and works within Areas 1 and 2, (including earth mounds and a Park Street/Frogmore relief road) in a landscaped setting, and further landscaping and other works within Areas 3 to 8 inclusive to provide publicly accessible open land and community forest, at land in and around Former Aerodrome, North Orbital Road, Upper Colne Valley, Hertfordshire in accordance with application Ref 5/09/0708 dated 9 April 2009, subject to the conditions set out at Annex B.
Land In And Around Former Aerodrome