Greenham Common Trust reacquires 43-acre site at Greenham Business Park Options

[Andy Capp]

And so the headline goes. While he and I are pleased to read this line from Julian Swift-Hook's email, I am sure it was he and his panel that endorsed the plan for Sainsbury's to turn it into a huge depot in the first place.

[On the edge]

...and we still don't want any improvement to the A339 to Basingstoke!

[NWNREADER]

The conundrum:
1. We want a vibrant employment market;
2. The town centres are bursting and not attractive to business;
3. There is opportunity for out of town development on 'brownfield' sites;
4. There are objections to the infrastructure necessary to fully utilise those sites;
5. Employers take their business elsewhere;
6. We want a vibrant employment market......

[On the edge]

The conundrum:
1. We want a vibrant employment market;
2. The town centres are bursting and not attractive to business;
3. There is opportunity for out of town development on 'brownfield' sites;
4. There are objections to the infrastructure necessary to fully utilise those sites;
5. Employers take their business elsewhere;
6. We want a vibrant employment market......

Its not a conundrum, just planning by stealth.

National LibDem policy supports moving employment to the North
People in Newbury make a massive fuss about ANY development
The local infrastructure cannot support anything else
There are no funds and no likelihood of funds to change that

Answer - let's just be honest, Newbury is simply a residential / retirement dormitory,its working economy will support that, so lets tell Sainsbury to 'Foxtrot Oscar' After all we wouldn't want to upset any fictional bunnies would we!

[NWNREADER]

Answer - let's just be honest, Newbury is simply a residential / retirement dormitory,its working economy will support that, so lets tell Sainsbury to 'Foxtrot Oscar' After all we wouldn't want to upset any fictional bunnies would we!

What fictional bunnies?

[On the edge]

What fictional bunnies?

Just poetic licence! Simply that the recent opposition to developments (LibDem) has been founded on potential damage to works of fiction. Taken far more seriously than opposition based on fact, no infrastructure!

[Andy Capp]

NWNREADER, Two points.

JSH is welcoming the idea that we are not currently going to have a ferkin great depot on Greenham Common, yet it was him and his team that welcomed Sainsbury's in the first place. He's a hypocrite.

Second; yes, having a vibrant town is one thing, but having a heavy goods vehicle depot using Greenham Common is another.

[NWNREADER]

Just poetic licence!

Thank goodness! I thought you were implying Watership Down is fiction.......

[NWNREADER]

NWNREADER, Two points.

JSH is welcoming the idea that we are not currently going to have a ferkin great depot on Greenham Common, yet it was him and his team that welcomed Sainsbury's in the first place. He's a hypocrite.

Second; yes, having a vibrant town is one thing, but having a heavy goods vehicle depot using Greenham Common is another.

1. I know the history of the Sainsbury Depot saga, and follow their vehicles to and from the depot at Basingstoke most days;
2. Precisely. We want the vibrancy but....

[Andy Capp]

1. I know the history of the Sainsbury Depot saga, and follow their vehicles to and from the depot at Basingstoke most days;
2. Precisely. We want the vibrancy but....

But what? What has a bloody great depot on Greenham Common got to do with a vibrant town? Were you there that night at Luker where Swift-Hook and his gibbons voted to support the bloody thing (I believe one Tory voted against)? Now he's jubilating about its demise! The bloody hypocrite.

It was that night I vowed never to vote Lib Dem again.

[NWNREADER]

I am not expressing a view on the particular proposal, just the fact that the businesses that bring work bring needs.

[Andy Capp]

I am not expressing a view on the particular proposal, just the fact that the businesses that bring work bring needs.

So I will ask again. What has a bloody great depot on Greenham Common got to do with a vibrant town?

[NWNREADER]

An employer brings direct and indirect employment. Whether a particular employer/operation is acceptable is a different issue.
Employed people spend money, in the case of an employer on the Greenham set it could be expected some of that spend would be in Nrwbury

[blackdog]

An employer brings direct and indirect employment. Whether a particular employer/operation is acceptable is a different issue.
Employed people spend money, in the case of an employer on the Greenham set it could be expected some of that spend would be in Nrwbury

The site hasn't disappeared , there is every chance that it will be used in the future to bring more jobs to the area - hopefully without the thousands of HGV journeys associated with a distribution centre.

[Andy Capp]

An employer brings direct and indirect employment. Whether a particular employer/operation is acceptable is a different issue.
Employed people spend money, in the case of an employer on the Greenham set it could be expected some of that spend would be in Nrwbury

We are talking about a bloody great transportation hub. That is and was the objection. The contribution to a vibrant town from this would surely be negligible? Notwithstanding apparent hypocrisy from Julian Swift-Hook on the matter - I saw him and his panel vote Sainsbury's in.

[blackdog]

We are talking about a bloody great transportation hub. That is and was the objection. The contribution to a vibrant town from this would surely be negligible?

Lots of vibrations from the lorries trundling through Newbury on the A339.

[dannyboy]

But what? What has a bloody great depot on Greenham Common got to do with a vibrant town? Were you there that night at Luker where Swift-Hook and his gibbons voted to support the bloody thing (I believe one Tory voted against)? Now he's jubilating about its demise! The bloody hypocrite.

It was that night I vowed never to vote Lib Dem again.

He is a politician - what did you expect.

[dannyboy]

Lots of vibrations from the lorries trundling through Newbury on the A339.

That already happens.

[blackdog]

That already happens.

Nothing like it used to pre-bypass or would have done if the ProLogis scheme had gone ahead.

[dannyboy]

Nothing like it used to pre-bypass or would have done if the ProLogis scheme had gone ahead.

The prologix scheme was intended to replace the Sainsbury's depot in Basingstoke. Which do you think traffic from the N gets to that depot now?