Photo by www.traveljunction.com downloaded from https://www.flickr.com/photos/128012202@N05/16608813171 The Green Party has condemned the Chancellor’s austerity Budget after he announced spending cuts of £30 billion which will impact the poorest the hardest. County Durham Green Party co-ordinator Fiona Shenton warned that yesterday’s Autumn Statement has left people paying the price for a decade of Conservative economic mismanagement, […]
Both developers of the Sniperley Park site near Durham City have now formally withdrawn their appeals against the non-determination of their original proposals for the site. The Inspector had refused permission for the developers’ later revisions to be considered within the appeals process, and there was considerable local support for Durham County Council’s resolve to […]
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Map (simplified) of proposed Sniperley development – © CC BY-SA OpenStreetMap contributors The two developers of the huge Sniperley Park housing site north of Durham City are taking Durham County Council to appeal for allegedly delaying a decision on their planning applications. County Durham Green Party has been highly critical of the developers’ plans in […]
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Recently retired bioscientist Fiona Shenton has been elected co-ordinator of County Durham Green Party. She will serve for a year and is being supported by former co-ordinators and county councillor Jonathan Elmer. In her letter introducing herself to members she paid tribute to retiring co-ordinator Rupert Friederichsen. “Rupert has done an excellent job in the […]
