Virtual Lancaster Online Coverage
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| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15/02/06 | First look at the Centros Plans and survey results |
| 17/02/06 | Centros Miller and PR company Halogen offer more detail on their plans for Lancaster’s “canal corridor” area, and answered some of the many questions local residents have about the scheme. |
| 26/02/06 | Steve Bryson of Halogen tells us how the Centros plan differs from the Chelverton plan which was successfully opposed by Real Planning for Lancaster |
| 02/03/06 | Cllr Barker welcomes Centros plans |
| 13/05/06 | Council Cabinet to discuss the "Canal Corridor" development proposal from Centros Miller on 20 June |
| 12/07/06 | CITY CENTRE PLAN SPELLS TRAFFIC CHAOS - A well reasoned argument on the folly of this development with good suporting links to relevant online Council publications and other reports. This appeared after a public meeting held by It's Our City and prior to a Council Cabinet meeting to vote on signing a planning development agreement with developers Centros Miller, and covers many of the issues apart from traffic |
| 18/07/06 | Update to article - 'CITY CENTRE PLAN SPELLS TRAFFIC CHAOS' Following a packed public meeting organised by It's Our City at the Town Hall. |
| 18/07/06 | Cllr Barker denies he is a champion for Centros Miller |
| 31/07/06 | Council Capitulates - This followed the infamous council cabinet meeting. Centros Miller had threatened to pull out unless the council allowed them to proceed without addressing the traffic issues. |
| 31/07/06 | Black Tuesday! - More on the cabinet meeting. |
| 31/07/06 | Cllr Barker responds to residents concerns with a round robin letter |
| 07/08/06 | Council cabinet Canal corridor decision 'called in' by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee following complaints that Centor Miller has been exempted from any competitive tendering process |
| 19/08/06 | Overview & Scrutiny committee shows contempt for local peoples opinions and upholds cabinet decision. |
| 20/09/06 | IOC launch petition against canal corridor north plans |
| 03/11/06 | IOC holds first of a series of public meetings |
| 11/11/06 | Labour Supporters of canal corridor north development fail to declare an interest in property which is included in the plans |
| 26/04/07 | In response to this article 'COUNCILLORS: CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SIGN' concerning councillors ignorance of the development agreement, John Donnellon, Lancaster City Council's director of regeneration and Cllr Ian Barker try to discredit It's Our City. John Donnellon claimed that all councillors have the right to see the agreement at any time if they request to do so. This was proved false on 14th May - see link below |
| 27/04/07 | Out with the Lancaster Council's local plan and in with their new core strategy. However, both documents are relevant when objecting to Centros Millers currently lodged planning applications |
| 01/05/07 | Spurious ICM Telephone Survey just prior to the local elections on the Virtual Lancaster Online website. Scroll down a bit to 'ELECTION SPECIAL Creative accounting' to see how Labour politicians reveal that 106 Blobby percent = 100% as understood by the rest of us. No wonder we don't understand their reasoning |
| 14/05/07 | Cllr John Whitelegg's request to see the development agreement is turned down by the Council’s head of Legal Services. What was that John Donnellon said ?! |
| 04/05/07 | Councillors supporting the development including Ian Barker, leader of the Council are thrown out in Local elections. We reminded them of the May elections back at the cabinet meeting in July 2006 but they laughed at us. Consultation, consultation, consultation Mr Barker! |
| 07/05/07 | Sour grapes from the election losers |
| 01/06/07 | More on the the Labour election defeat and Centros spin |
| 15/06/07 | Planning applications objections deadline |
| 29/06/07 | Council still accepting objections |
| 09/07/07 | Council website accused of bias after planning objection letters removed en masse from their website following Data Protection Act infringement. |
| 12/07/07 | Portsmouth City Council official suspended following nights spent at private yacht parties hosted by Centros Miller executives. |
| 08/08/07 | Greens call for rethink on the canal corridor north plans following unprecedented number of objections. |
| 12/10/07 | Centros development costs in Portsmouth soar affecting local council finances. |
| 24/01/08 | Centros development update - Miller Developments sells out to Delancey. |
| 03/04/08 | Revised Centros plans for Lancaster and workshop |
| 14/04/08 | Centros scrap Dumfries development plans |
| 08/04/08 | News on the revised Centros Plans |
| 17/04/08 | Centros plans for Portsmouth hit trouble |