It
was a peaceful protest about the plans to destroy 50 hectares (120 acres, or
approx 70 football pitches) of trees on the outskirts of Corby to create the
controversial 'resource recovery park'.
The
protesters were a varied bunch, some very young, some young at heart, but all
united by a common purpose - to save the trees.
The
protest was timed to coincide with the Brookfield decision meeting, however
this turned out to be the Brookfield deferral meeting.
The
developer got his wish and left the council with no choice but to defer their
decision after new information was produced by his agents late Friday
afternoon.
Undeterred,
the protesters still attended to send a clear message to Corby Council and the
developer that this development is not wanted.
I
doesn't matter what PR spin the developer tries to put on it, destroying this
designated Local Wildlife Site is just wrong.
Empty
promises of jobs won't fool us either - we've heard it all before. Anyone remember Stanion Plantation? What happened to the trees there, and for
what? We don't want the same thing to
happen at Brookfield.
Despite
the meeting being held in the summer holidays when many families are away, the
council chamber's public gallery was packed out with protesters. I can't
imagine that happens often.
Apparently
the planning development committee still had to meet to hear why they needed to
defer the decision and then vote on the deferral.
So,
having all trooped up about three flights of stairs, sat in the Council Chamber
- which reminded me of a cross between an exam hall and a 1970s dining room - there
was a discussion, then a vote, and we then heard that the decision was indeed
to be deferred, and we all left again.
It was over in less than 30 minutes.
But
we'll all be back, having studied the new information, and there'll be even
more of us next time. Hopefully we might
actually get a decision then. I'll let
you know...
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