| October 12 | Centros development costs in Portsmouth soar affecting local council finances. |
| August 8 | Greens call for rethink on the canal corridor north plans following unprecedented number of objections. |
| July 12 | Portsmouth City Council official suspended following nights spent at private yacht parties hosted by Centros Miller executives. |
| July 9 | Council website accused of bias after planning objection letters removed en masse from their website following Data Protection Act infringement. |
| June 29 | Council still accepting objections. |
| June 15 | Planning applications objections deadline . |
| June 1 | More on the the Labour election defeat and Centros spin . |
| May 14 | 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 ?! |
| May 7 | Sour grapes from the election losers. |
| May 4 | 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! |
| May 1 | 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. |
| April 27 | Out with 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. |
| April 26 | 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 2007 - see Virtual Lancaster article 14 May 2007: Cllr John Whitelegg's request to see the development agreement. |
| November 11 | Labour Supporters of canal corridor north development fail to declare an interest in property which is included in the plans. |
| November 3 | IOC holds first of a series of public meetings. |
| September 20 | IOC launch petition against canal corridor north plans. |
| August 19 | Overview & Scrutiny committee shows contempt for local peoples opinions and upholds cabinet decision. |
| August 7 | 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 |
| July 31 | 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. |
| July 31 | Black Tuesday! - More on the cabinet meeting. |
| July 31 | Cllr Barker responds to residents concerns with a round robin letter. |
| July 18 | Update to article - 'CITY CENTRE PLAN SPELLS TRAFFIC CHAOS' Following a packed public meeting organised by It's Our City at the Town Hall. |
| July 18 | Cllr Barker denies he is a champion for Centros Miller. |
| July 12 | 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. |
| May 13 | Council Cabinet to discuss the "Canal Corridor" development proposal from Centros Miller on 20 June. |
| March 6 | Cllr Barker welcomes Centros plans . |
| February 26 | Steve Bryson of Halogen tells us how the Centros plan differs from the Chelverton plan which was successfully opposed by Real Planning for Lancaster. |
| February 17 | 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. |
| February 15 | First look at the Centros Plans and survey results |
