{"id":35169,"date":"2022-12-16T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35169"},"modified":"2022-12-16T16:39:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:39:29","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-stevenages-forster-countrys-secret-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35169","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Stevenage’s Forster Country\u2019s ‘Secret plans’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u2018Secret plans\u2019 to build a car park and toilet block as part of a housing development in countryside of historical and cultural significance could be the \u2018final nail in the coffin for local heritage,\u2019 reports The Comet<\/em>.<\/h3>\n
image for illustration: St Nicholas Church by By AnemoneProjectors<\/a> – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 permission is being sought by developers….to build a 50-space car park and toilet block\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The Comet<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Planning permission to build 800 homes and a primary school in Forster Country – land between North Road and Weston Road in Stevenage – has already been granted by Stevenage Borough Council.<\/p>\n

Forster Country lies within the St Nicholas Conservation Area and includes author EM Forster’s childhood home Rooks Nest House, Grade I-listed St Nicholas Church and Grade II-listed The Bury.<\/p>\n

Now, permission is being sought by developers Bellway Homes and Miller Homes to build a 50-space car park and toilet block as part of plans for a country park on the development.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people had objected to the proposed housing development, with concerns including urban coalescence, loss of heritage, and the development being unsustainable\u2026.<\/p>\n

John Spiers, the campaign group’s chairman, said: \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t find a council building a car park on the West Yorkshire moors of Wuthering Heights or the Dorset vales of Tess of the D\u2019Urbervilles. We are pained and baffled\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emma Thompson\u2026. is supporting the Friends of Forster Country’s campaign. She said\u201d\u2026.It has to be re-thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the council said: \u201cFar from there being a \u2018secret plan\u2019 for a new, exciting country park in the north of Stevenage, there will be open consultation so that all local people can have their say…\u201d<\/p>\n

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