INCINERATOR CONSULTATION
Starts May 18th
Gloucestershire County Council wants to build a huge incinerator at Javelin Park (by the garden centre at M5 jct 12).
It will be big. Very big. As big as Gloucester cathedral but less easy on the eye! On top of that there are the much debated environmental and health impacts of such a development.
Here is the official consultation notice.
MAY 2012 ELECTIONS
(May 7th 2012)
As we come to the end of the Bank Holiday weekend we await to see what deal has been struck behind closed doors at Ebley Mill.
No one party has a majority .. and everyone put together COULD out vote the Conservatives.
So will Lab/Lib Dem and Greens work together, will Lib Dems side (again) with the Tories .. or will it be a true multi party run local council?
Watch local press for details !
SHOCK NEW MAP
What could "West of Stonehouse" look like?
Well surveyors have been out and about in the fields already ... and the "Dont Strangle Stroud" group has produced projected map of what our area COULD look like.
Be warned .. It is Scarey !!
YOU BLINKED ... YOU MISSED IT ! Stroud DC's consultation has now ended
The public consultation phase has now finished (on Feb 19th).
We now await SDCs assesment of the results ... we know they have received very many responses telling the authority to think again on its plans to create mega estates.
We will keep you up o date with the next stage of this important process DONT STRANGLE STROUD The pressure group DSS continues to lobby and pressure local politicians of all levels.
For the latest information go to www.new-town.info
EASTINGTON PARISH RENAMED BY SDC
The huge mega estate planned by SDC lies wholly within Eastington Parish.
In earlier material this became known as "West of Stonehouse"
Later documents rename it further to M5 Corridor !
The NO CONSULTATION CONSULTATION!
Stroud District Council stuck to its guns and insisted that a six week consultation into a long term strategy matter is legal, decent, honest and truthful.
SDC allowed 12 weeks for the public to have its opinion on dog fouling !
It offered no council organised meeting in Eastington - the most affected Parish
. It didn't even offer a static exhibition!
LOCAL MP AT ODDS WITH HIS OWN LOCAL PARTY
Neil Carmichael, Stroud's Conservative MP, actively supports the campaign against the new town proposal.
"The Localism Act 2012 concerns the self determination of local people and the rights of residents to decide the shape of their communities, rather than Central Government imposition. I am fully supportive of your position in opposing this development in Eastington".
Meanwhile, the Conservative controlled District Council's response to the Localism Act is ......