Hanley Grange

Tesco pulls out of eco-towns project at Hanley Grange

Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Gordon Brown's plan for eco-towns was unravelling last night, with Tesco withdrawing from one of the proposed greenfield developments.

Tesco deals blow to eco-towns scheme

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

The supermarket chain withdrew its proposed development at Hanley Grange, near Cambridge, from the government project and issued a statement acknowledging local opposition

Tesco lose - again

The Daily (Maybe) (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Tesco are such losers. Their nefarious plans to move into Mill Road are doomed and now they've had to abandon their plans to build Tescopia - commonly known round here as the Hanley Grange eco-town . Top news. A corporate homunculus said "we recognise a proposal of this type has implications not only for the local area but the region. We also believe a genuinely sustainable community...

New town proposals are rejected

BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008

Mr Bradney added: "Ultimately I hope the end of Mereham and the recent decision by Tesco to pull Hanley Grange out of the eco town process will be the final death nail to attempts by developers to force through schemes which aren't needed or wanted."

Tesco deals blow to eco-towns with exit from scheme

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008

The supermarket chain withdrew its proposed development at Hanley Grange, near Cambridge, from the government scheme to approve new eco-towns, issuing a statement that acknowledged widespread local opposition.

England's plan for Eco-Towns

4 Drivers Only (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

© mockney_piers ECO-TOWNS' SHORTLIST Bordon, Hampshire Coltishall, Norfolk Elsenham, Essex Ford, West Sussex Hanley Grange, Cambridgeshire Imerys, nr St Austell, Cornwall Leeds city region, West Yorkshire Middle Quinton, Warwickshire New Marston, Bedfordshire Pennbury, Leicestershire Rossington, South Yorkshire Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire Weston Otmoor, Oxfordshire One person in every...

Eco-town residents could pay £500 a year service charge

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

... a development in Manby, Lincolnshire. Another site on the short-list of 15, which is in doubt is Hanley Grange, near Cambridge, where developers Jarrow are looking to build an eco-town on behalf of the supermarket giant Tesco. Sebastian Hanley, of Jarrow, said his company was looking at introducing a service charge. Mr Hanley said: "Within our proposal we are looking...

Developers shelve plans for Cambridgeshire ecotown

An Inconvenient Blog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Another shortlisted scheme for the government’s ecotowns programme was in serious doubt today after the Wellcome Trust medical charity that owns about a third of the land involved in the proposed Cambridgeshire development decided not to sell. Tesco-financed Jarrow Investments, which is promoting the Hanley Grange site and owns about half the land, said it was [...]

• Cambridgeshire ecotown shelved - The Guardian
• Developers shelve plans for Cambridgeshire ecotown - The Guardian

Eco-town strategy suffers fresh blow

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Wellcome Trust, the medical research charity, decides not to proceed with the proposal to develop an environmentally friendly community on the Hanley Grange site

Developers shelve plans for Cambridgeshire ecotown

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

The Hanley Grange ecotown has been strongly opposed by local residents, MPs and Cambridgeshire Horizons, the not-for-profit company set up by local councils to deliver housing and economic growth. It had said any decision to press on with Hanley Grange would put at risk the future of another new town at Northstowe, less than 15 miles away to the north-west of Cambridge....

Cambridgeshire ecotown shelved

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

The Hanley Grange ecotown has been strongly opposed by local residents, MPs and Cambridgeshire Horizons, the not-for-profit company set up by local councils to deliver housing and economic growth. It had said any decision to press on with Hanley Grange would put at risk the future of another new town at Northstowe, less than 15 miles away to the north-west of Cambridge....

Charity rejects eco-town land bid

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

LANDOWNER and charity The Wellcome Trust may have dealt a fatal blow to the Hanley Grange eco-town proposal. The Trust announced this afternoon it will not allow its land to be used for the Hanley Grange development, effectively scuppering the p - 19 hrs ago