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Commercial Units

A plan to build a large warehouse and some smaller commercial units on a site opposite the Cedars Park estate has been passed by Mid Suffolk DC. This will see a 45000 sq. ft. warehouse standing 14.5 meters high being constructed opposite Cormorant drive on the south side of the Cedars Park Estate.

The Cedars Park Residents Association had fought the plans to build the warehouse. Although the fight was eventually lost, the plan was only passed with the addition of significant landscaping to mask the new building from residents.

The planning approval for the warehouse and business units located along the southern side of the Distributor road is subject to a significant number of conditions and restrictions. There have already been attempts to water down these proposals and avoid compliance. We thank MSDC for enforcing the planning conditions and we will continue to monitor the activities to ensure compliance.

Traffic Concerns

The construction of the warehouse and commercial units was only part of the issue raised by the Cedars Park Residents Association. Residents of Cedars Park have expressed concern at the volume and frequency of heavy goods vehicle traffic supplying the new site, as well as the extra traffic now using the same road to access the Tomo Industrial Estate. Some estimated figures put peak throughput of around 500 lorry movements per day.

A letter recieved from Alan Newman of Mid Suffolk District Council has dissapointed the Association. The letter, a copy of which can be found here, details how MSDC have refused to impose a 30mph speed limit along the distributor road. This issue will be raised again with MSDC, and the Association will not take this refusal lightly.

Some progress has been made regarding improvements to both Kestral Drive and the Distributor road. The details of which can be found in the news section by clicking here.

Road Safety

With a large number of families living in the area the issue of road safety and pedestrian safety was raised. The master plan for the development of the site showed provision for pedestrian crossings to join the cycle and foot paths that are severed by the new link road to Tomo (also known as the distributor road). So far these crossings have not been provided. There is also a call for road safety measures to slow the Lorries down. These current issues are being pursued by the Cedars Park Residents Association committee.

Relevant Articles

The following links are to relevant newspaper articles about this development. Further information will be posted in the near future.