A46 Newark Bypass
The A46 Newark Bypass is an important route connecting the M1 and Leicester to the A1 and central Lincolnshire.
Notice of Hearings
The Examining Authority has announced the dates for the second Compulsory Acquisition Hearing and five Issue Specific Hearings for the A46 Newark Bypass.
The themes for the Issue Specific Hearings include (1) Development Consent Order; (2) Transport Related Matters; (3) Water Environment (4) Environmental Matters and (5) Other ES topics.
The hearings will take place between Tuesday 3 December and Thursday 5 December 2024 in the Great Hall at Kelham Hall.
The Examining Authority has also announced the date and time of the Accompanied Site Visit (ASI), which is due to take place on Friday 6 December 2024.
Details explaining how to register to attend the hearings in person or virtually and the ASI can be found in the Notice of Hearings in full:
Notice of Hearings related to the A46 Newark Bypass
Please note: The Transport Secretary has commissioned a review of the Department for Transport's spending portfolio, including current and future road schemes. While the review is ongoing, we’re continuing with our work on the scheme.
Latest updates
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28 May 2024
A46 Newark Bypass plans accepted for examination
On 23 May 2024, the Planning Inspectorate confirmed it has accepted our application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for detailed examination.
A Notice under Section 56 of the Planning Act 2008 informs the public of this.
Read the A46 Newark Bypass Section 56 Notice.
Following months of work finalising our plans for the improvements to the A46 Newark Bypass we submitted our DCO to the Planning Inspectorate on 26 April 2024.
Our DCO is a collection of assessments, data, plans and proposals, which outline how we plan to deliver the A46 Newark Bypass scheme, between Farndon and Winthorpe roundabouts.
The application also includes our consultation report, which includes the comments and questions we received to our statutory and targeted consultations, along with our responses.
Our application documents are available on the Planning Inspectorate website.
The planning process takes around 12 months including six months of examination, some taking place at public hearings.
Watch this short video from the Planning Inspectorate, explaining the six stages of the development consent process.
What happens next - the pre-examination stage
Anyone, including businesses, or individuals, can register as an 'Interested Party'.
By doing this, you will be able to submit a written representation or attend a public hearing to present your views on the project.
During this stage, the Planning Inspectorate will also:
- appoint a panel of inspectors to serve as the Examining Authority
- hold a first meeting, called the 'Preliminary Hearing' to discuss procedural issues and the timetable for examination
Keep in touch
Use the link on the right of this page to receive email alerts when we update information on the A46 Newark Bypass.
You can also register to receive email alerts from the Planning Inspectorate.
You can contact our team directly by email: A46newarkbypass@nationalhighways.co.uk
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20 December 2023
2023 Summary
As the end of the year approaches, we’ve been looking back at our activities throughout 2023.
The majority of our focus has been on reviewing the results of our consultations and finalising our design, assessments and plans to submit within our Development Consent Order to the Planning Inspectorate.
But alongside that we’ve been busy in other areas of our work in the community, getting involved in volunteering, charity fundraising and inspiring the next generation of constructions specialists.
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06 October 2023
Submitting our Development Consent Order
We’re currently preparing to submit our Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the A46 Newark Bypass scheme. The DCO application is a collection of assessments, data, plans and proposals which outline how we intend to deliver the scheme between Farndon and Winthorpe roundabouts.
We had planned to submit these documents to the Planning Inspectorate in autumn 2023; however, the predicted cost of the scheme has risen above the £500m threshold. This means it now falls under the governance of the Department for Transport (DfT) and Treasury rather than National Highways.
Due to additional governance, we’ll now submit our DCO application at the beginning of next year. This does not impact stakeholders or our commitment to delivering these improvements to this vital link road; we’ll continue to work closely with DfT in the development and delivery of the scheme.
Contact us
If you have any queries regarding our latest update, please email: A46newarkbypass@nationalhighways.co.uk.
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06 March 2023
Update on statutory consultation
Thank you to everyone who took part in our statutory consultation between Wednesday 26 October and Monday 12 December 2022.
More than 730 people visited one of our consultation events, either in person or online. Attendees were able to learn more about our designs for the A46 Newark Bypass, speak to the project team and share their feedback. During this consultation period we received 539 responses.
Ngozi Abakasanga, Project Manager for National Highways, said: “I would like to thank everyone who took the time to respond to our consultation. Your comments will help us further shape the A46 Newark Bypass scheme, enabling us to improve safety, congestion and connectivity in the town and wider region.”
We’re currently in the process of analysing your responses from the statutory consultation to further develop our proposals. We’re working hard to ensure we can design and deliver a scheme that benefits everyone.
Your feedback has already helped to inform some design changes. We’ll be carrying out targeted consultations with statutory consultees and affected landowners to seek their views on our latest design. We’ll share further information on this soon.
Next steps
We expect to submit our application to the Planning Inspectorate this summer, the full consultation report will be included as part of the application – all of which will be available to the public.
If our Development Consent Order (DCO) application is accepted by the Planning Inspectorate (on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport) an Examining Authority will consider the application, and any representations, which will take up to six months. During the examination stage, anybody with an interest in the scheme can make representations in writing, or verbally at public hearings.
Although the consultation is now closed, you can still view the consultation materials and information about the scheme on our webpage. We’ll continue to update this page with further information about the scheme.
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16 September 2021
Preferred Route Announcement update
Since our public consultation earlier this year, where we presented possible options for improving the A46 between the Farndon and Winthorpe roundabouts, we’ve been using the local knowledge and views we received to help us develop the best option for improving this section of the A46. We intended to make an announcement on our preferred route in summer 2021, but this will now be later than planned. We expect it to be later this year or early next year.
There are a number of steps we need to go through before we can announce a preferred route, and we’re continuing to work through these steps, along with the Department for Transport and the Government. We’ll provide updates on our webpage in due course.
While we’re not yet able to start the next stage of work or confirm the route we’ll be taking forward, we’re continuing to prepare for the next stage and will be carrying out further survey work this autumn and winter to collect more information about current conditions along the A46 route.
Project information
Overview
The A46 Newark Bypass is a critical part of our investment to make all our major roads more dependable, durable and most importantly, safe. Our improvements to the route that connects the M1 and Leicester to the A1 and central Lincolnshire will help reduce congestion in the area.
We propose to improve the A46 Newark bypass by widening 6.5km of the existing single carriageway to a dual carriageway, to provide two lanes in each direction between Farndon and Winthorpe roundabouts near Newark-on-Trent.
Scheme Objectives
Safety
Improve safety through scheme design to reduce collisions for all users of the A46 scheme.
Congestion
Improve journey time and journey time reliability along the A46 and its junctions between Farndon and Winthorpe, including all approaches and A1 slip roads.
Connectivity
Accommodate economic growth in Newark-on-Trent and the wider area by improving its strategic and local connectivity.
Environment
Deliver better environmental outcomes by achieving a net gain in biodiversity, and improve noise levels at Noise Important Areas along the A46 between Farndon and
Winthorpe roundabouts.
Customer
Build an inclusive scheme which improves facilities for cyclists, walkers and other vulnerable road users where existing routes are affected.
Benefits
The aims of the scheme are to:
- Boost business productivity and economic growth by providing a more reliable road network and improved local access
- Increase capacity, reduce delays and incidents, and improve journey times
- Improve resilience on the network
Documents
Traffic information
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