[milton-chat] Field next to A14

[Paul Oldham]

On 13/02/07 17:27 Clarke Brunt wrote:

> I wouldn't be surprised if Paul Oldham is along in a minute to point out
> that there's something on the village website mentioning this:
> 
> http://www.miltonvillage.org.uk/opus1718/February07_Clerks_report.pdf
> 
> It includes the statement "January's are suggesting a hotel and car retail
> showroom for the site (if Green Belt protection is removed)."

TBH most of your local councillors are very cynical about talk of 
development on that field. Over the years we've seen all sorts of things 
mooted: hotels, garden centres, offices and we've enquired about it for 
football pitches. In reality it was always a very difficult site to use 
because of the access and this was made considerably more difficult by 
the addition of the JC bridge. It's hard to envisage any scheme which 
could safely provide vehicle access to the site without a major re- 
working of the "Tesco" roundabout.

> Talking of 'showrooms' I can't help noticing that there are quite a number
> of cars for sale on grass verges of Cambridge Road, including one on the
> patch of grass in front of the 'kebab van'. There were two cars 'for sale'
> on there the other day. The area is getting turned into a quagmire by
> vehicles driving on and off. Are they breaking any law? I'd prefer our few
> bits of grass not to be spoiled in this way.

Yup, I was thinking that too and I've forwarded to Jim another email 
about this from a villager in the last hour.

-- 
Paul