Wyyppnns Group of Companies Abnormal Indivisible Loads
“Abnormal Indivisible Loads are loads which cannot, without undue exppg,ense or risk of damage, be divided in to two or more loads for transport by road.”
Special Types General Order
Categgyory 1 up to 46 tonnes Category 2 up to 80 tonnes Category 3 up to 150 tonnes VR1 Permit loads in excess of 5m Special Order over 150 tonnes
Special Orders are required for abnormal indivisible load movements where the vehicles andthid their l oad s exceed :
• 30 metres in length, or
• 6.1 metres in width, or
• 150, 000 kilograms in we ig ht.
•Axle loads exceed 16 .5te
Impacts of abnormal load movements
Disruption to road users and increased congestion
The impact of abnormal loads on infrastructure
The noise impact of abnormal load movements
The impact and safety implications of disruption to accident and emergency services
The impact of disruption to telephone and electricity services
The impact, in particular cost impact, of disruption to road and street workings
The environmental impact of hedgerow removal and tree cutting required by abnormal load movements
"The concept of significance in environmental assessment: The economi c and envi ronment al i mpact s of abnormal indivisible load transportation"
In the United Kingdom rail transport of abnormal loads is altlmost iiblimpossible. HttlHowever transport along of th e UK’ s inland waterways is feasible
“…whereby water will be the preferred mode of transport for the heaviest abnormal loads.”
“Road movements will only be authorised where the Department has Considered the possibility but believes water transportation is not feasible.”
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division 2000
Waterways in the Yorkshire Principal and Humber region and East Midlands include: Waterways of York •River Humber England and LEEDS •River Trent •Aire and Calder Navigation Wales Manchester •Sheffield and South Ship Canal Wakefield Yorkshire Navigation •River Ouse
MANCHESTER Rotherham
NOTTINGHAM
Worcester
Maidenhead River Thames River Severn and Gloucester and Sharpness Canal LONDON Accessible navigations RIVER NENE RIVER GREAT OUSE SHEFFIELD & SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION RIVER TRENT RIVER THAMES RIVER MEDWAY RIVER SEVERN & GLOUCESTER AND SHARPNESS SHIP CANAL RIVER EXE AND EXETER SHIP CANAL RIVER TAMAR RIVER MERSEY MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL RIVER WEAVER RIVER RIBBLE RIVER DEE Existing Guidance
• Revised Draft Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN‐1).
• Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN‐3)
• Transport Assessment Guidelines
• Water Preferred Policy Guidelines for the movement of abnormal indivisible loads
Case Study
• West Wales – TAN 8 designates large areas of west and central Wales as suitable for wind farm development
– A lack of a joined up approach has meant wind turbine components are being road routed from Merseyside in the north, ports such as Goole & Hull in the east and Swansea in the south
– Due to nature of the industry nobody is willing to identify and develop transhipment facility on west Wales coast (contrary to guidance in EN-3)