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<p>The department remains committed to previously announced plans, subject to planning
approvals, value for money and affordability, to build six category C modern prisons
which, along with the reorganisation of the existing estate, will provide the physical
conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitative
outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>A revised Outline Planning Application for a new, modern category
C prison at Full Sutton has been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire planning authority
and documents making up the application, including a thorough Traffic Assessment (TA),
will be publicly available on the local authority’s planning portal in the coming
days. The conclusion of the new TA, revised from the original iteration to account
for the increase in capacity, is that the highway network surrounding the new prison
is expected to continue to operate within capacity during both the construction and
operational phases.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage with local stakeholders
as we develop our plans for the new prison which forms a crucial part of the department’s
commitment to deliver modern, safe and decent accommodation.</p>
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