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| News Update, 19 January 2006 | |
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Parishes Alliance News Update, 19 January 2006 We feel it is very important to have as many local people as possible at Babergh District Council offices in Corks Lane, Hadleigh for the start of the Ganges Public Inquiry on Tuesday, 14 February at 10.00 a.m. There will be a good deal of media interest on the first day and we need a good presence to demonstrate the strength of local feeling that 325 new houses at Shotley is too many - so please turn up if you possibly can. Our peninsula wide appeal for funds to support our case at the Inquiry has already brought a magnificent response. We have so far received over £9,000 from more than 200 residents and are most grateful for this generous response. Taking into account contributions kindly made by the parish councils - another £8,000 roughly - we are on the way to achieving our target of £25,000. Anyone still planning to make a donation should send a cheque made payable to "Ganges Fund" to Elspeth Iskander c/o Woolverstone Parish Council, Old Barn, Main Road, Woolverstone, Suffolk, IP9 1AX. Anyone with a good idea on how to help raise the money still needed should contact Simon Ross Pearce of the SPPA Fundraising Group on 780009. All the evidence to be presented to the Inquiry is now in - the closing date was Tuesday 17th January. Our planning consultant Dr. Wendy Le-las is very happy with the information she has been able to gather and believes we have a very strong argument that Shotley is simply an unsustainable community because it is so far from jobs, shops and services. Suffolk County Council has also made a very detailed case against the proposed scale of the development which they say would alter the character of the area to an unacceptable degree. Our traffic expert, Simon Blinkhorne, is mounting a robust case that there is no prospect of improving public transport to a degree that will take private cars off the road. A powerful 16 minute video - "B1456 - A Road on Overload" has been submitted by the SPPA to support his arguments that the main road is already at capacity. Other witnesses are being called to give evidence on local issues There will be a special evening session at Shotley community hall during the inquiry to enable local residents to make their views known without having to travel to the main venue at Babergh District Council offices at Corks Lane, Hadleigh - the date is yet to be arranged but will be circulated the moment we know it. Once again many thanks to all those who have given their time to prepare evidence and money to support our cause. Please don't let up on the fundraising!
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