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« on: February 13, 2008, 10:20:37 »

New details have emerged about plans for an eco-town of 5,000 homes which could be built on land owned by china clay giant Imerys.The details are contained in a formal document submitted by the company in October last year after the Government invited bids for the creation of 10 eco-towns in the UK (United Kingdom) (link below.)
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=19856809&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

A decision on the bids will be made within the next two weeks.

Imerys says it expects to release 750 hectares for development in Clay Country over the next one to three years and is working with a "highly experienced and reputable development partner" on plans for up to three small developments at Blackpool, Burngullow and Bugle. A site close to St Dennis has also been identified as having potential.

Transport and tourism initiatives are also suggested.
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 17:18:58 »

NOW WE KNOW WHY FRENCH OWNED IMERYS CUT 800 ODD JOBS LAST YEAR.

Imerys is an anagram of MISERY
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2008, 12:02:55 »

A strategy which outlines plans for projects which will use ^25 million of European funding to regenerate and improve employment opportunities in St Austell, St Blazey and the Clay area is set to be released for consultation this month (link below.)
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20123757&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

Restormel Borough Council has drawn up two strategies, one for Clay Country and another for St Austell and St Blazey, which look at ways that funding opportunities from the European Convergence programme can be best used in the different areas. European funding worth about ^25m has been earmarked for the area as it is seen to be a top priority for regeneration. The two draft economic strategies are set to be discussed by Restormel's policy and scrutiny 4 committee this evening before they go before the council's cabinet on Monday night.

Once the draft documents have been approved they will be published for consultation.

Once the consultation is complete any feedback will be put into the strategies and final versions are hoped to be available for agreement by the council in July.

Also, nearly 100 workers have been told they could lose their jobs as one of the area's biggest employers plans to shut down its plant (link below.)
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20122102&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

Bosses at the giant Borders distribution centre, just outside St Columb Major, told staff the company wants to close the facility this August. It is understood all of the current 91 full-time staff, as well as a host of other agency and part-time workers, have been warned they could lose their jobs.

Opening in 2002, the Borders facility was set up to act as a national distribution centre for the books, music and DVD retailer.

The facility was built using about ^1.7 million of European and Government funding, and has employed close to 100 workers ever since, as well as many agency staff.

A company spokeswoman said staff had been informed of an intention to close the facility on August 29, but insisted no final decision would be made until a statutory 90-day consultation period had elapsed. This period began on Monday this week.
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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2008, 16:48:12 »

A bid has been submitted by china clay giants Imerys to create one of 10 new eco-towns on land in Clay Country (link below.)
http://thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232510&home=yes&more_nodeId1=232470&contentPK=20233499
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2008, 15:02:14 »

It has just been announced that the Eco-town bid submitted by Imerys has been successful in making it through the latest round of elimination (link below.)
http://thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232510&home=yes&more_nodeId1=232470&contentPK=20310826

The bid is one of fifteen on the final shortlist, which will be narrowed down to the final ten in six months time.

Half of those ten will be built by 2016, the others by 2020.

Imerys' bid is the only remaining entry left in the South West.

Elsewhere, a massive 15,000-home eco town development in Weston-on-the-Green near Bicester made the shortlist, but a 5,000-home development at the disused Shipton Quarry site near Kidlington didnt (link below.)
http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.2168001.0.weston_eco_town_plans_take_step_forward.php

Site-by-site list (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7328138.stm

Relevant DfT» (Department for Transport - about) link.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/sustainabletransnew.pdf
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« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2008, 17:50:25 »

The government seem very keen on the Imerys eco-town bid (links below.)
http://thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232510&home=yes&more_nodeId1=232470&contentPK=20316170

http://thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232510&home=yes&more_nodeId1=232470&contentPK=20316066

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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2008, 12:24:29 »

Imerys have unveiled a 20-year plan entitled "Clay Country Vision" (links below.)
http://thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232510&home=yes&more_nodeId1=232470&contentPK=20349056

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20349188&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

They say that the vision is not reliant on the eco-town bid being successful.
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2008, 21:09:26 »

Campaign For Better Transport has been asked to improve the development of the Government^s 15 chosen Eco-Town proposals (link below) :
http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/traffic_reduction/blog

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We^ve been asked to improve the development of the Government^s 15 chosen Eco-Town proposals. Housing Minister Caroline Flint has asked Campaign for Better Transport to challenge these bids to make them as good as possible. Improved bids will go back to the Government for it to decide a final list of eco-towns. We intend to challenge these bids robustly, asking for them to do the utmost to ensure the new towns aren^t car dependent, by making them high-density, mixed-use developments that can support public transport, cycling and walking.

Government efforts in new towns need to go hand-in-hand with work to improve our other cities, making sure they too offer people the possibility of a high-quality, car-free life.
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« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2008, 11:49:53 »

The eco-town concept has come in for criticism (link below.)
http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/article-6007-eco-towns-are-carbon-con-bluff/
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2008, 12:10:51 »

Campaign For Better Transport has been asked to improve the development of the Government’s 15 chosen Eco-Town proposals (link below) :
http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/traffic_reduction/blog

Quote from: Campaign For Better Transport
We’ve been asked to improve the development of the Government’s 15 chosen Eco-Town proposals. Housing Minister Caroline Flint has asked Campaign for Better Transport to challenge these bids to make them as good as possible. Improved bids will go back to the Government for it to decide a final list of eco-towns. We intend to challenge these bids robustly, asking for them to do the utmost to ensure the new towns aren’t car dependent, by making them high-density, mixed-use developments that can support public transport, cycling and walking.

Government efforts in new towns need to go hand-in-hand with work to improve our other cities, making sure they too offer people the possibility of a high-quality, car-free life.

Twelve experts from the worlds of design, transport, environment and sustainability have signed up to join the Eco-towns Challenge. They will provide expert advice and will challenge developers to make their plans as green as possible (link below.)
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20370841&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

The Eco-towns Challenge panel will be chaired by John Walker, former head of the British Urban Regeneration Association. The panel also includes representatives of the Waste and Resource Action Programme, the Green Alliance and Town and Country Planning Association. Other members are designer Wayne Hemingway, TV presenter and transport expert Kris Murrin and architecture expert Sunand Prasad.
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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2008, 16:27:04 »

St Austell people are being given a chance to shape the future by helping to create a 20-year-plan for the town (link below.)
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20403944&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

The St Austell Market and Coastal Towns initiative (MCTi) has this week unveiled proposals for the plan which it will publish in its final form in the summer. During the past 12 months volunteers from across St Austell have been looking at ways to improve the town for local people.

As a result, suggestions have been drawn up under five headings - infrastructure, economy, environment, leisure and culture and social and community.

The ideas include making St Austell the green capital of Cornwall, providing more office space in the town centre, improving parks, creating a centre for sporting excellence and building on the town centre's regeneration.

More Imerys' Clay Country Vision-related links.
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20403670&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20403651&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

Quote from: Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for St Austell and Newquay, Stephen Gilbert
Building new road and rail links will also be vital, particularly if it is going to be an environmentally friendly scheme. But they are expensive and we need to get it right to avoid more gridlock around the clay villages and St Austell.
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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2008, 12:07:43 »

The Government's proposed eco-towns will have strict anti-car measures, it has been revealed (link below.)
http://thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232510&home=yes&more_nodeId1=232470&contentPK=20443431

If the sites put forward by Cornwall's china clay company Imerys are granted eco-town status, many motorists will have to leave their cars at a park-and-ride holding on the edge of the town.

Disabled people, visitors and "car club" members will be able to drive into the towns and park in them, under recommendations put forward by the Department for Transport.

Geoffrey Cox, MP (Member of Parliament) for Torridge and West Devon, said:

Quote from: Geoffrey Cox
"I'm all in favour of the creation of towns that minimise the need for the car but it's essential that you provide the facilities and the services that replace the car and that includes a well-functioning public transport service.

"It's no use putting an eco-town in the middle of rural areas, and expect people to go without the use of their cars."

Guidelines published by the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) state: "Plans for new roads to developments should only be considered where they are essential. Measures to calm traffic before entering the development should also be considered."

"Car-free areas within a development" are recommended "combined with a safe and secure parking provision separate from the residential area, perhaps on the development's periphery".

It urges "restricting car parking to residents with disabilities, visitors and car clubs, limiting car spaces and/or charge for residential car parking" and "restricting car access to - certain times of day within the entire development or part of it".
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2008, 21:04:00 »

Campaign For Better Transport has been asked to improve the development of the Government^s 15 chosen Eco-Town proposals (link below) :
http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/traffic_reduction/blog

Quote from: Campaign For Better Transport
We^ve been asked to improve the development of the Government^s 15 chosen Eco-Town proposals. Housing Minister Caroline Flint has asked Campaign for Better Transport to challenge these bids to make them as good as possible. Improved bids will go back to the Government for it to decide a final list of eco-towns. We intend to challenge these bids robustly, asking for them to do the utmost to ensure the new towns aren^t car dependent, by making them high-density, mixed-use developments that can support public transport, cycling and walking.

Government efforts in new towns need to go hand-in-hand with work to improve our other cities, making sure they too offer people the possibility of a high-quality, car-free life.

Twelve experts from the worlds of design, transport, environment and sustainability have signed up to join the Eco-towns Challenge. They will provide expert advice and will challenge developers to make their plans as green as possible (link below.)
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=20370841&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

The Eco-towns Challenge panel will be chaired by John Walker, former head of the British Urban Regeneration Association. The panel also includes representatives of the Waste and Resource Action Programme, the Green Alliance and Town and Country Planning Association. Other members are designer Wayne Hemingway, TV presenter and transport expert Kris Murrin and architecture expert Sunand Prasad.

The panel's first set of recommendations can be found in the link below.
http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/system/files/08.06.23.ecotown_challenge_summary.pdf
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2008, 14:52:13 »

From the Western Morning News: Eco-town plan in jeopardy

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Hopes of the Westcountry being home to one of the Government's flagship eco-towns could be scuppered simply because it is proposed to put the development in Cornwall.

The region's poor rail links and traffic-clogged roads mean the plan for six green developments in St Austell's former clay mining community might be rejected by ministers.

Other key weaknesses identified by the Department for Communities and Local Government include the county's high dependency on cars and fears the decision to spread the eco-homes across disparate sites could make it unable to deliver the "critical mass required to support a stand-alone sustainable community".

There are concerns over the five-mile trip to the nearest train station, and likely employment for people in the new homes was also listed as "negative".

For the full article, see http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/news/Eco-town-plan-jeopardy/article-450443-detail/article.html
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