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Conservatives climb down on Elsenham new town

September 9, 2010 10:36 PM

Map showing Conservative plans for a new town at ElsenhamAfter months of campaigning by Liberal Democrat councillors and local residents, Conservative-led Uttlesford District council appears to be abandoning its plan for a new town between Henham and Elsenham. On his blog Stansted Liberal Democrat councillor Alan Dean writes "The council has tentatively started to switch direction on planning the future of the district. It agreed on September 7th to conduct a review that may lead to an alternative strategy to the Elsenham new town idea that it chose just three years ago. This move is partly because a new town continues to be deeply unpopular and partly because of growing evidence that there are too many practical obstacles in the way of delivering it." Read more at http://alandean.mycouncillor.org.uk/

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