Green belt Housing Planning rules Press release
4th November 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
Both developers of the Sniperley Park site near Durham City have now formally withdrawn their appeals against the non-determination of their original proposals for the site.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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Green belt Housing Planning rules
27th October 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
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 […]
AGM Durham Green Party
27th July 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
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 […]
Achievements Local elections
17th July 2022 / 16th October 2024 by pressdurham
We’ve won an award! County Durham Greens have won the ‘Working Together’ Award in the annual Green Party Regional Awards at its AGM. A panel of judges gave us the award in recognition of our generosity in helping other local Green Party branches, particularly Sunderland, in the run up to May’s local elections. The nomination […]
