Save Historic Newmarket
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Save Historic Newmarket is grassroots organisation based in Newmarket, Suffolk, with the stated aim of preserving the town as the centre of British horseracing and a potential World Heritage Site
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It first gained notoriety in the local and national British press in 2009 by organising opposition to plans by Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
to close much of his stud farm
and build more than 1,500 houses in its place. The group and its affiliates have argued that the development is unnecessary, there is an overwhelming supply of vacant houses, and that his action imperils Newmarket's future as the centre of British horseracing and a potential World Heritage Site. The dispute has been reported in both national and local newspapers.
On 2 June 2010, Forest Heath Planning Councillors unanimously rejected Lord Derby's plans. This was the first such local decision following announcement of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategies by Conservative Communities and Local Government Minister Eric Pickles
.
A group of local residents and businesses including Save Historic Newmarket then challenged the district council's planning strategy in the High Court, arguing it was flawed. On 25 March 2011, a Mr Justice Collins quashed the entire planning strategy related to Newmarket. The council and Lord Derby, who had joined them in opposing the local residents, were ordered to pay 90% of the groups' costs and refused leave to appeal.
World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
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It first gained notoriety in the local and national British press in 2009 by organising opposition to plans by Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby is a British peer. He is known for ownership of the racehorse Ouija Board and for his controversial plans to build houses and an industrial estate on of greenfield land he inherited in Newmarket, Suffolk...
to close much of his stud farm
Stud farm
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry, is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English stod meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding" Historically, documentation of the breedings that occur on a stud farm leads to the...
and build more than 1,500 houses in its place. The group and its affiliates have argued that the development is unnecessary, there is an overwhelming supply of vacant houses, and that his action imperils Newmarket's future as the centre of British horseracing and a potential World Heritage Site. The dispute has been reported in both national and local newspapers.
On 2 June 2010, Forest Heath Planning Councillors unanimously rejected Lord Derby's plans. This was the first such local decision following announcement of the abolition of Regional Spatial Strategies by Conservative Communities and Local Government Minister Eric Pickles
Eric Pickles
Eric Jack Pickles is a British Conservative Party politician. Pickles was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of the coalition government headed by Prime Minister David Cameron on 12 May 2010....
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A group of local residents and businesses including Save Historic Newmarket then challenged the district council's planning strategy in the High Court, arguing it was flawed. On 25 March 2011, a Mr Justice Collins quashed the entire planning strategy related to Newmarket. The council and Lord Derby, who had joined them in opposing the local residents, were ordered to pay 90% of the groups' costs and refused leave to appeal.