NETWORK RAIL WELCOMES RECOMMENDATION

Monday 6 Oct 2003

NETWORK RAIL WELCOMES RECOMMENDATION

Region & Route:: | Southern

Cambridgeshire County Council’s Head of Strategic Planning has recommended that Network Rail’s planning application, to develop the former marshalling yard in Whitemoor, be granted. Peter Heubeck, Network Rail Project Director said: “I was delighted to hear today’s news that Network Rail’s development proposal has received this recommendation. We already have the backing of March Town Council and Fenland District Council and this is yet another positive step forward. I am confident that we will bring employment, financial growth, and of course the railway back to March.” The planning application and the proposed conditions will be discussed at 7pm on Monday 13 October 2003 by Cambridgeshire County Council’s Development Control Committee at Neale Wade Community College, March.

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