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The East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) announced in October 1999 that its main strategy is to move the region from 40th out of 77 regions in the EU upto 20th, as measured by per capita GDP - that is, from the bottom of the First Division to the bottom of the Premier League in footballing terms. (See their strategy at www.emda.org.uk.) Since then, sustainability in the East Midlands has suffered a triple whammy: | ||
AIRPORT EXPANSIONEMDA Chair, Derek Mapp, told a consultation meeting in Nottingham on 22 September 1999 that he agreed with the Government's target of building 60% of new houses on brownfield sites. That means the other 40% will be built on green belt, he said. So it is better to put them close to where there will be business expansion - around the airport, said Mapp. |
PARKWAY STATIONFOE says a station should be built at the airport itself. A spur could be run from a goods line which runs just 2 miles North of the airport. The real reason for the Parkway station is to open up adjacent greenbelt land near J24 for development. A planning application was submitted to Rushcliffe Borough Council in June 2000. See separate page for details. |
SUPER CITYHe was speaking after a House Builders' Federation conference. Martin Freeman of EMDA said "This is the kind of imaginative thought that the region needs to capture our vision to develop the East Midlands into the European premier league." |
EAST MIDLANDS MEGALOPOLIS?Leicester, Derby and Nottingham City Councils have joined forces to oppose these plans. "Uncontrolled development could suck away our commercial vitality," says Nottingham Council Leader Graham Chapman. It is also contrary to Government policy on sustainability, he says. |
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