Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
And by the way and for your info TCAS payed absolutely no role in this since climb RAs are inhibited below 1000ft.
You are right of course. I had overlooked that. Otherwise not sure where you disagree. It clearly was a controller error and the departing aircraft took the clearance when they should not have (and then took their time taking off!). The landing aircraft executed a go around.
As to a lateral course change, that was for South-West when able, not the aircraft executing the GA as I understand it. Bear in mind that both crews would have been low and in cloud, not a time for a potential deviation from the protected area.