Despite choosing not to attend the Inquiry itself and leaving defence of its plans for Lancaster’s Canal Corridor to its partner, Lancaster City Council – at considerable cost to the […]
Centros Inquiry a "Fiasco" say Greens
Green Party City Councillors say that Lancaster City Council has wasted tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers money by withdrawing from the inquiry after two weeks (see news story). […]
Canal Corridor Inquiry: City Council Statement
Lancaster City Council has released a full statement regarding its withdrawal from the public inquiry into plans by Centros to redevelop the Canal Corridor North site, saying it will not […]
Council Backs Out of Centros Inquiry
Lancaster City Council has just announced its withdrawal from the Centros public inquiry. The Lancaster Guardian reports this announcement comes just days into the proceedings, apparently following damning evidence on […]
Planning Inspectorate Responds to IOC Concnerns
The Planning Inspectorate, which is conducting the Inquiry into Centros‘ plans for Lancaster’s Canal Corridor that starts on 16th June, has responded to concerns about what campaign group Its Our […]
Centros Development Inquiry: Inspector Squeezing Out Protestors?
(Updated 8 June): The upcoming inquiry into developer Centros‘ controversial development plans for Lancaster’s Canal Corridor seems to be skewing in favour of the Council and the planners, even before […]
Centros Campaigners ‘Not Guilty’
Four protesters, charged with Aggravated Trespass after they held a ‘sit-in’ at Centros’ London offices in December 2008 (see news story), were found Not Guilty last week at Westminster Magistrate’s […]
Centros Protesters due for Trial
Four members of Lancaster United, an opposition group to Centros’s now infamous canal corridor development, will begin their defence at Westminster Magistrates court on the 8th and 9th April. They […]
Lancaster City Council and Centros Issue Statement on Canal Corridor
Lancaster City Council and developer Centros have issued the following statement regarding the proposed Canal Corridor development, which we publish here in full: Lancaster City Council will take a leading […]
Centros does the chicken run
Local Greens say they are “unsurprised” by the announcement from developer Centros that it will not appear in an independent public inquiry to address the soundness of its proposals for […]