Decision details

The A27 Arundel Bypass has been included in the Government’s Roads Investment Strategy (2020-25).  In 2020, National Highways (formerly Highways England) announced the preferred route for the A27 Arundel Bypass, which will replace the existing single carriageway road with a dual carriageway bypass.  The proposed bypass will feature approximately 8km of dual carriageway to the south of the existing A27. 

The proposal, the A27 Arundel Bypass, is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project requiring a Development Consent Order (DCO) from the Secretary of State (rather than planning permission from the local planning authority).  The County Council is a statutory consultee in the DCO process.

Formal consultation on the proposal is taking place from 11 January to 8 March 2022.

The Cabinet will be recommended to approve the County Council’s response to the formal consultation on 15 March 2022 (as agreed with National Highways).

Following consideration of the report, the Cabinet resolved to:

(a)     approve the comments in paragraphs 2.36-2.108 of the report and the detailed comments on the PEIR in Appendix C of the report as the County Council’s formal response to the consultation on the A27 Arundel Bypass;

(b)     authorise the Assistant Director of Highways, Transport, and Planning to respond to any further stages of pre-submission consultation, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change - in support of the formal response approved under (a);

(c)     if an application for a Development Consent Order is submitted, authorises the Assistant Director of Highways, Transport, and Planning to:

(i)      approve the County Council’s ‘adequacy of consultation’ response;

(ii)     prepare and submit the County Council’s written representation and Local Impact Report; to negotiate with the applicant on the DCO requirements, any S106 Agreement, and the preparation of a Statement of Common Ground; and to comment on the written representations of third parties – all in support of the formal response approved under (a);

(iii)    attend the examination hearings and answer the Examining Authority’s questions in support of the County Council’s position; and

(d)     if a Development Consent Order is made, approve ‘in principle’ the County Council becoming a relevant authority for the discharge of requirements.

The call-in deadline is 24 March 2022.