Foxley Wood decision overturned

Title

Foxley Wood decision overturned

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

4 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:01

Description

Sally Eden reports on the news that Foxley Wood in Hampshire has been saved from development following a ruling by Chris Patten, Environment Secretary, to overturn the decision of his predecessor, Nicholas Ridley, to give permission for a 4,800-house new town on the site. Includes interviews with campaigners David Bellamy; Philip Todd; Adrian Collett; Julian Critchley; Major-General Bernard Gordon-Lennox; and with Lord Northfield (William Donald Chapman), Consortium Developments. Broadcast on County Sound Radio.

Contributors

Julian Critchley; County Sound Radio; David Bellamy; Sally Eden; Philip Todd; Adrian Collett; Bernard Gordon-Lennox; William Chapman

Keywords

Town and country planning; Hampshire; Environment; Urban development; Planning applications; Chris Patten; Nicholas Ridley; Woodlands; Foxley Wood; Bramshill; Consortium Developments; Planning

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