STAND UP FOR STANGROUND

PARK FARM ENVIRONMENTAL  ACTION GROUP

Established in October 2007 by Chris York

This site is to keep residents and interested parties up dated on the Magna Park warehouse proposal along with other developments in the Stanground and surrounding area

GAZELEY’S MAGNA PARK PROPOSAL see here

NEWS

6^th Nov – Fly Tipping Framlingham Rd Occupants of 31 Framlingham leave rubbish dumped on the pavement, for pics see here

18^th Aug – Cambs County Council Mineral Extraction Presentation 16^th Sept 1400hrs to 2000hrs Manor Leisure Centre Whittlesey. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Plan will be subject to another six-week consultation prior to submission to the Secretary of State in autumn 2009.  A public examination supervised by an independent inspector will be held in summer 2010.  The inspector's report will be published in autumn 2010 leading to the plan's adoption in December 2010. SEE HERE

18^th Aug – Harborough Mail “Its A Lightmare News Headline” NIGHT time is being wiped out by light pollution from Magna Park SEE HERE

3^rd July – Public Meeting Venue Stanground College Weds 23^rd July 7pm, Evening hosted by Simon Potter, the public will have the opportunity to ask questions from various speakers in attendance and to voice concerns, the event will also be covered by the media, please check here for further details DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE

26^th June - Public Meeting Announced To be held 2^nd week in July 2008 in Stanground, venue and date to be confirmed. The residents will have a chance to ask questions from the guest speakers in attendance, once I have confirmed corresponding dates, full details will be announced here and through all media sources - Chris York

26^th June – Petition Submitted to Peterborough City Council A 3 page document outlining proposed changes / objections was handed in today by Chris York on behalf of residents of Stanground, this relates to the Core Strategy Preferred Options VISIT HERE

ONLINE PETITION SIGN HERE

THE PETITION This was setup within 1 hour of the announced proposal, so far we have several hundred signatures and are continuing to gain support from residents in other areas that will be affected by this proposed development. This will not be a quick process and there are several process’s and procedures that the Council and Gazeley will need to undertake before any decisions are made. Posters and petition forms are in various locations and details of where to return them are on the bottom of the form. You can also DOWNLOAD HERE

We have written to Gazeley in the early days requesting a public meeting and were also kindly offered a choice of venues in Stanground, when this comes to fruition we will let people know

A letter will be circulated shortly for Residents to sign. If you would like to be kept updated by email please use the contact details below

If you would like to have your say or comment on the Preferred Options of the Core Strategy which is still being prepared VISIT HERE CLOSING DATE is 5pm Thursday 26^th June 2008

THE FORUM VISIT HERE

ABOUT THE GROUP It was the only action group until several other residents thought that they could do better by working with and being advised by PCC councillors. PCC are wanting the development to go ahead, not only for the obvious financial gain but also to comply with government quotas, let’s not forget that Milton Keynes recently received a payment from Gazeley of over 800k (the first of several)

The domain name was registered immediately after the first committee meeting at the request of the members in attendance, This action group is not controlled by any officers or representatives from PCC and is totally independent of any political organisation

We have been busy behind the scenes and will not publicly disclose our actions or strategies for obvious reasons, I can say however that excellent headway has been made to date

The action group carry out various community and environmental activities and recently have been working with residents in Parnwell

We would like to thank Peter Boizot MBE and the staff at The Great Northern Hotel for providing us with free facilities and supporting the work that we do in the community

OTHER CAMPAIGNS We are currently working with residents on 2 other campaigns for Stanground, full details of which will be posted here soon

CONTACT info@stanground.com

If you would like to volunteer your services to the above campaign in any way please let me know

LINKS www.park-farm.com Great Northern Hotel Evening Telegraph Peterborough City Council Cambridgeshire Police

this site is being constantly updated please check back on a regular basis