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| #39 Re: Some more Snoasis news 08/06/2007 @ 13:12:07 |
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| Still got my fingers firmly crossed this goes ahead! It'll save my 2 hour journey to MK! |
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| #38 Re: Some more Snoasis news 06/06/2007 @ 19:06:41 |
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Update on SCUK
SnOasis, the £350 million project to create the world’s first winter sports resort, in Suffolk, has reached an important stage in its journey to reality.
While the local authority has given full approval for the plans submitted by the developer, Onslow Suffolk, the application was ‘called in’ by the office of The Rt Hon Ruth Kelly MP - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Minister for Women. As a result, a Public Inquiry has been held and this officially concludes on 18th June.
Due to the exceptional scale of the proposed development, there has been a small but vociferous opposition group who have attempted to undermine the plans. In order to help achieve a better understanding of the key issues, Onslow Suffolk recently printed a 4-page SnOasis NEWS publication for Suffolk residents. You can read the PDF version here (4mb).
The final answer from the Secretary of Sate’s office is not expected before October/November and I hope you, like the developers, are keen for a positive decision. |
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| #37 Re: Some more Snoasis news 31/01/2007 @ 20:30:44 |
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Some news from Natives
Snoasis public inquiry begins
The public inquiry into the proposed SnOasis indoor snow centre development in Suffolk started yesterday.
The Government ordered the public inquiry after Mid Suffolk District Council gave the leisure complex, the nearby housing development and the railway station the green light, despite numerous queries over the planning process.
£300 million development
Landscape and design experts, giving evidence said that the £300 million development will create a new 21st century landmark acting as a beacon for regeneration.
If approved by the Government, once the inspector has given his verdict after the hearing, it will include a ski-slope, a four star 350-bed hotel, 350 chalets, 100 apartments and many new jobs at nearby Great Blakenham.
It is part of a wider development including 421 new homes, doubling the size of the village, and a new railway station.
A 'highly unusual' structure
Philip Russell-Vick, a witness appearing on behalf of SnOasis developers Onslow Suffolk told the inquiry that the ski-slope would be a “highly unusual, perhaps unique, structure”.
Drifting into the flowery language of architects he claimed that “its simple angled form is a clear expression of the building's function as an artificial skiing facility.”
Natives believes that another UK indoor snow centre would further help our industry. However it is right that the inquiry goes ahead following a series of failed businesses from the same developers.
Previous Onslow insolvencies
As reported in Private Eye, Onslow, the company applying to build the SnOasis centre, had a separate business park project shelved and creditors informed of their rights after their subsidiary company Onlsow Ditchling Ltd was declared insolvent.
Onslow Ditchling, where top SnOasis backer Godfrey Spanner is company secretary, director and shareholder, went into administration after a major dispute with one of the company’s main suppliers, Fitzpatrick Ltd.
Although there are no direct links between Onslow Ditchling and Onslow Suffolk, meaning the Suffolk company is not financially jeopardized, the Fitzpatrick family are 51% owners, something which Spanner said would not affect his plans for SnOasis as he ‘remained on good terms’ with them.
Onslow Ditchling is the third company in two years to have been wound up under Spanner’s watch. Southern Restoration Group PLC, of which Spanner was a shareholding director and director, went into administration in February of 2004. Newhaven Property Development Company Limited was liquidated in October of that year – Spanner was company secretary and Director. |
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| #36 Re: Some more Snoasis news 23/01/2007 @ 08:32:55 |
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There's a big article about SnOasis in today's Guardian, with some nice pictures of how it's going to look if it gets built. There's also lots of info about the local protests. Here's the link (registration required, I think):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1996338,00.html |
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| #35 Re: Some more Snoasis news 24/05/2006 @ 18:34:43 |
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More news, taken from SCUK
New rail access part of SnOasis development
A new railway station serving the proposed SnOasis indoor ski resort at Great Blakenham in Suffolk, England would be a success, according to Britain's rail line agency, Network Rail. The planned Great Blakenham railway station would reduce rail journey times from London to the new ski resort to 70 minutes.
A spokeswoman for Network Rail said: "We have given our support for this scheme now. We had to look at the business case and impact on the existing railway. We're satisfied there is a sound business case behind this. We do think it is a viable option."
SnOasis developers Onslow Suffolk has applied to build the station, which it estimates would cost £13million. A shuttle bus service would take passengers to and from the station and the ski resort, which aims to become the world's biggest indoor ski resort attracting about 820,000 people each year.
The developers would meet the costs of the station's construction but Network Rail would retain ownership of the railway lines, surrounding infrastructure and signalling. |
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| #34 Re: Some more Snoasis news 24/04/2006 @ 21:12:07 |
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More news (taken from SCUK)
At last SnOasis, the winter sports resort has received planning permission from Mid Suffolk District Council. The application was first made two years ago and has taken all of this time for agreement to be reached over the environmental impact assessment which has led to an extensive "106", which are conditions to be adhered to in the construction
There is still much opposition to the project as we've reported recently. Approval is still required from the government office of the East of England who in turn will recommend to the Deputy Prime Minister’s office whether or not a public inquiry should be held.
If you believe, as SCUK do, of the importance of this project to winter sports, then now is the time to act. A decision will be taken within the next two and a half weeks and SnOasis are asking for as much support as you can give. The opposition is such that the silent majority which support SnOasis must be heard. It therefore needs everyone involved with winter sports to write to the authorities to demonstrate that the overwhelming support has a voice and wants SnOasis to be built.
Below are the people to contact. If you email, then please copy in snoasis@winter-sports.co.uk in your response.
Brain Hackland
Regional Director
Government Office for the East of England
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 2DF
tel: 01223 372500
fax: 01223 372501
email: brian.hackland@goeast.gsi.gov.uk
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
Email: dc@odpm.gsi.gov.uk
Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Sport
Department for Culture Media & Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London, SW1Y 5DH
richard.caborn@culture.gsi.gov.uk |
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| #33 Re: Some more Snoasis news 23/04/2006 @ 12:54:53 |
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I thought they were too busy inbreeding round there to even notice a new development 
I say build it because it would only be 10 minutes away from my parents house  |
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| #32 Re: Some more Snoasis news 22/04/2006 @ 22:45:27 |
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| #30 Re: Some more Snoasis news 22/04/2006 @ 15:23:43 |
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| I wouldn't get too carried away yet, I believe it still requires government approval and could yet go to a public enquiry. |
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| #29 Re: Some more Snoasis news 22/04/2006 @ 07:47:49 |
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Environmentalists claim that at a time when global warming is reducing snowfalls in the Alps, such centres waste huge amounts of energy creating snow-filled sets designed to look like mountains and hills.
Fair point - just picked up on that cos i guess it made me think, which is environmentally more friendly - domes using energy hense loss of snowfall in the alps or plane trips over there hense loss of snowfall in the alps.
i guess tio save the snow in the alps everyone just needs to pack their  jobs in and move to their chosen snowboard destination - save the planet |
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| #28 Re: Some more Snoasis news 21/04/2006 @ 23:48:28 |
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WOOOOOOOOOO and a f*cking big HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Get in, roll on GB weekends at Snoasis!! 
fatmunkey will be a happy bunny, that's for sure! Starky too for that matter, no more shitty journeys to MK. |
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| #27 Re: Some more Snoasis news 21/04/2006 @ 23:24:49 |
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Taken from SCUK
Green light for SnOasis
Mid Suffolk District Council has today approved an application to build a £350 million winter sports leisure resort near Great Blakenham, Suffolk. The decision follows a five-year preparation period in which the developer behind the scheme, Onslow Suffolk Limited, has invested more than £12 million in exploring the viability, economic impact, landmark design and environmental acceptance of such a unique concept.
The planning application will now be considered by the Government Office for East of England before final approval can be given.
'Climbing Mount Everest is an ambition I am now unable to dream of, but SnOasis has been a challenge of very similar proportions" said Godfrey Spanner, CEO of Onslow Suffolk, today. "We knew because of the extraordinary nature of the proposition, this would present the authorities with an unprecedented challenge, but I am delighted that after careful consideration, the MSDC has approved our exciting proposals. I hope now that GO East and the Deputy Prime Minister will also support our plans and not call it in. The delay caused by a call in would be disastrous for us, delaying the project a further two years, costing millions more and missing the opportunity of the 2012 Olympics".
SnOasis, which is to be built on the site of a derelict quarry four miles north of Ipswich, will offer all-year facilities for all to enjoy up to 14 winter sports in a secure, all-found environment with complementary facilities including accommodation for 3,600, gyms, restaurants and golf. At the centre of the resort will be the world's largest indoor ski and board slope with a vertical drop of 100 metres and half a kilometre in length, broadening to 80 metres at the base. In a resort where fresh snow is guaranteed every day, an academy of excellence will ensure the discovery and development of the nation's best winter sports medal hopefuls while holidaymakers will be able to follow their passion without having to travel to all corners of the globe. |
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the country's only permanent ice-climbing wall
hmm i must be blind but im sure i walk past one of those every time I go to xscape at cas...!!
Great Britain's ski team, who train abroad, will make SnOasis their full-time base if it is approved.
hmm arnt they also going to have their full time bass at the sheffield development.? |
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