The former David Rice Hospital site at Drayton.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY
- Credit: Archant
Developers bidding to build a care facility and social housing where a mental health hospital once stood held a public meeting - but only two residents attended.
On the agenda was the discussion of the former David Rice Hospital site in Drayton, outside Norwich.
Gavin Elsey, director of Ethos Care Providers, chaired the meeting ahead of a key Drayton Parish Council vote this evening, where members will decide whether to support the plans.
If not, the application will go to committee at Broadland District Council.
Prior to its demolition in 2003, the site was a rehabilitation hospital.
New South Wales greenlights Maxwell coal mine
New South Wales .
(Image courtesy of Malabar Coal).
The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission granted consent to Maxwell Ventures for the development of its namesake underground coal mine in the Muswellbrook Local Government Area, southeastern Australia.
In its decision, the Commission points out that the project’s potential impacts on surrounding communities can be “reasonably and satisfactorily” identified, avoided, mitigated and managed, as long as the company complies with the 169 conditions imposed on its development consent.
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The $509-million Maxwell project is hosted on the site of the former Drayton open-cut mine, operated by Anglo American until 2016