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    Close to the GN & GE Joint Rly north of Lincoln.
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    Very broad interests but perhaps focused more on BR Midland - Derbyshire, Notts and Lincs areas in late 50s/60s - Wirksworth, Buxton, Cromford & High Peak in particular - Also GC Main Line around Nottingham + any Industrial railways (NG and Standard). Old enough to remember C&HP in working order, Trent Junction Station, Derby Works in full flow, Windcutters at Nottm Victoria, prototype Deltic at Grantham and a few other things I miss.A believer in modelling to capture the feeling/atmosphere of the time/prototype even if some details are not correct and of the right to run what I like.

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  1. highpeakman

    Just had a leaflet posted through the door to say a developer is seeking planning to build 50 new houses in our small village. A very significant expansion. Not in the county plan so why? No, I'm not a Nimby but why?

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    2. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      I know Sandy. Used to live in Ampthill. Sorry for this query but did you really mean 6,000 (or should it be 600?). How can that town possibly support 6,000 houses? As you say, there is just not sufficient infrastructure.

    3. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      The development in my original post apparently represents a growth of 15% in the village which, it seems, is considered the average in Lincolnshire over the next few years. Most previous development has been "infill" and it came as a shock to see one new site of 50 proposed without any previous warning. Probably won't be able to oppose it.

    4. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Definately 6000, Central Beds Council put out a "call for sites", using private and their own land it was initially for 5,900 houses to the North of Sandy but now the sites are published they stretch all the way to the Everton/Tempsford boundary ! the good thing is that it looks like East/West rail will go right through the middle scuppering it :-)CBC have got themselves into a mess with planning and are in the position that they can't refuse most applications so it's tur...

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