In answer to a question from James Paice MP in the House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday 1st July), Caroline Flint (Minister for Housing) answered: “Like any other proposed development, eco-towns will be subject to planning applications. Each application will need to be decided on its merits, and we would generally expect the local planning authority […]
The Post Office will announce the closure of two Post Offices in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency: St John Street (Chapel Lane) and Whittington Barracks. "This makes a mockery of the consultation period" says Michael Fabricant. "Hundreds of protest letters and my own representations made it clear to the Post Office that the closure of the […]
Michael Fabricant is backing a plan to encourage chess playing in West Midlands schools. Michael says: “A new scheme proposed by the English Chess Federation is offering 250,000 free chess sets to schools, meaning that 25,000 schools in the country can receive up to 10 chess sets each. I think this a great idea. Chess […]
Around 30 eco town protesters from Curborough, Fradley and Lichfield joined protesters from other proposed eco town locations at a rally at Parliament on Monday 30th June. The protesters first assembled at 11.30am at Abingdon Green opposite the House of Lords and then, at 1pm, attended a Meeting of all eco-town protesters in a Committee […]
A Government Panel set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government has given the thumbs down to the Curborough eco-town proposals. Michael Fabricant says: "The Government Panel has slammed the Curborough consortium application for being a re-hash of previous planning applications. It correctly identifies transport and other infrastructure problems with the planning application […]
Michael Fabricant has expressed his delight that Lichfield District Council has lodged a formal complaint against the Department of Communities and Local Government for a misleading advertisement promoting the proposed eco-town at Curborough. Meanwhile, Michael has received a formal answer to his Parliamentary Question asking how much the taxpayer has had to pay out to […]
Michael Fabricant has written to Defence Minister Derek Twigg to thank him for Ministry of Defence funding which will ensure that the Armed Forces Memorial at Alrewas will be properly maintained in the years to come. There will be a one-off payment of £500,000 to pay off the £7.3M construction costs – £6,700,000 had already […]
It has now been revealed that developers seeking to construct the eco-town at Curborough are also proposing an "energy park" to make the town carbon neutral, and this will include a waste incineration plant and the construction of wind turbines. "This raises further issues of congestion and pollution in the area to the south east […]
It should be noted that although an ‘energy park’ is a Government requirement associated with eco-towns, the developers proposing the eco town at Curborough have now stated that they will not apply for permission to construct such an energy park – it will be for others to do so. (See earlier News Release today).
In the biggest demonstration so far, hundreds of protesters marched through the centre of Lichfield on Saturday (7th June) to mark their objection to the proposed new eco-town at Curborough on the outskirts of Lichfield. Addressing the demonstrators from the steps of the Dr Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, Michael Fabricant said: "We acknowledge the need […]