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NETWORK Rail representatives were floored when St Albans MP Anne Main pressed them on the potential impact of the Park Street rail freight depot scheme in the House of Commons. At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Thameslink Group on Tuesday, she q...
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11:26 - 05 January 2010
A DECISION on the outcome of the rail freight depot inquiry will be made on or before June 23. STRiFE – Stop the Rail Freight Exchange – has been notified of the date range in a letter from The Planning Inspectorate. The inquiry – the second into an appli... Full Story »
11:09 - 23 December 2009
HELIOSLOUGH set out to discredit arguments put forward by the district council and STRiFE when making their closing submission to the public inquiry. Speaking on Friday, the developers insisted that the Secretary of State s (SoS) decision letter following... Full Story »
14:44 - 17 December 2009
THE SPECTRE of a massive rail freight depot in Park Street, looms larger than ever before , action group STRiFE concluded at a public inquiry today (17). In his closing submissions on behalf of STRiFE, barrister Paul Stinchcombe urged planning inspector... Full Story »
17:02 - 15 December 2009
THERE is more of a need for a rail freight depot in Park Street than ever before – that s according to Helioslough s rail expert who spoke today (Tuesday). Giving his evidence to the public inquiry, which has entered its fourth and final week, Nick Gallop... Full Story »
15:31 - 08 December 2009
HELIOSLOUGH have started giving their evidence to support their proposal for a huge rail freight proposal on Green Belt land in Park Street. Their planning and alternative sites witness Richard Tilley has insisted that the developers new alternative site... Full Story »
08:05 - 28 August 2009
A PRE-inquiry meeting next month will decide whether or not to put back the date of the rail freight public inquiry scheduled for November 24. St Albans council has asked the Planning Inspectorate for more time to prepare their case to fight the proposals... Full Story »
17:16 - 19 August 2009
A DATE in November has been set for the second public inquiry into the plans for a massive rail freight terminal – but it has been met with objections. The district council is asking the Planning Inspectorate put back the November 24 date which was announ... Full Story »
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