The two-year fight to âsave Maple Cross from warehouse development hellâ
âThe sheer size of these warehouses, one being so close to our house, and two being within an area where children walk to school, scared usâ
15:45, 19 MAY 2021
The Maple Lodge Nature Reserve
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Hundreds of objections have been made against a controversial planning application that would see a pair of warehouses built in Maple Cross, Hertfordshire.
PICTURED: One of the new tunnelling machines and some of the wall sections being produced at a factory in Bucks (pictures by HS2 Ltd). Right: The River Misbourne (image by Brenda Spargo/BFP Camera Club) More concerns have been raised about HS2 digging under the Chilterns AONB amid fears it could damage Bucks rivers. Last week the Chiltern Society warned that the chalk aquifer – which it says provides drinking water to thousands of people in the region – is “under threat” from HS2’s planned operations for the 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnels. It said in a statement on its website: “When plans to tunnel beneath the Chiltern Hills were first announced in 2010, the Chiltern Society and others raised concerns relating to the potential for significant damage to both the chalk aquifer, which supplies drinking water to many thousands of people regionally and in London, and to the Rivers Misbourne and Chess, which are internationally rare and threatened chalk streams that r
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PLANS to build up to seven log cabins on land off Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, have been refused permission.
Marcellus Brown, from Harrow, wanted to set up a holiday site with associated hot tubs, a sewage treatment plant, parking and landscaping.
The two- and three-bedroom cabins were to be mobile structures which would have been built off site.
Mr Brown argued that his scheme should be given the go-ahead because a similar one exists in Ewelme.
But planning officers at South Oxfordshire District Council recommended refusal, saying the cabins would harm the character of the area, affect neighbours’ quality of life and pose a road safety hazard.
PICTURED: One of the new tunnelling machines and some of the wall sections being produced at a factory in Bucks. Right: The River Misbourne (image by Brenda Spargo/BFP Camera Club) A charity has slammed HS2 for its “imminent intention” to start digging under the Chilterns AONB amid fears it could damage fragile chalk aquifer under the Misbourne Valley. The Chiltern Society has warned that the chalk aquifer – which it says provides drinking water to thousands of people in the region – is “under threat” from HS2’s planned operations for the 10-mile long Chiltern tunnels. It said in a statement on its website: “When plans to tunnel beneath the Chiltern Hills were first announced in 2010, the Chiltern Society and others raised concerns relating to the potential for significant damage to both the chalk aquifer, which supplies drinking water to many thousands of people regionally and in London, and to the Rivers Misbourne and Chess, which are internationally rare a
Future of 1,000-home green village on Gomm Valley thrown into doubt as landowner accused of abandoning plans so they can make more money
How Little Haldens would have looked according to Human Nature The owner of Gomm Valley has sensationally been accused of washing its hands of plans for a 1,000-home sustainable village - because it wants to make more money . Developers Human Nature - the driving force behind the huge housing plans for the Gomm Valley - have come out today to claim their team have been used as a Trojan horse by Aviva, the owners of the land.