image for illustration: Congham Bridge – ‘ Overgrown railway bridge north of Roydon’ by Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
National Highways has won its appeal against removing thousands of tonnes of concrete it poured under an historic railway bridge, reports Eastern Daily Press.
Eastern Daily Press writes:
In October West Norfolk Council ordered the agency to remove material it had placed under Congham Bridge, on the former King’s Lynn to Fakenham railway line. It said it had ‘obliterated’ part of Norfolk’s railway history by infilling the 1920s structure. But the agency appealed…
… planning inspector Laura Renaudon… described the case as ‘finely balanced’, adding: ‘The harm to the value of the heritage asset is regrettable but needs to be balanced against the asset’s overall low significance, the fact that the bridge is preserved, albeit buried…
Graeme Bickerdike from the Historical Rail Estate Group said: ‘We’re obviously disappointed that the infill is to remain…
Congham Bridge is one of just six which were built in the 1920s using Midland and Great Northern Railway engineer William Marriott’s designs – featuring unique curved wingwalls…
