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Press Releases
SVAG
Press Release 18 May 2007 (pdf
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Who
Owns Constable Country?
Professor Michael Rosenthal of Warwick University delivered a hard-hitting lecture
in aid of the Stour Valley Action Group.
SVAG
Press Release 4 May 2007 (pdf
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Campaigners
to visit Horkesley Park Exhibition
SVAG would like to invite members of the press to join them when
they view Bunting and Sons’ promotional exhibition for
the projected ‘Horkesley Park Heritage and Conservation Centre’ at
Colchester Town Hall on 10th May.
SVAG
Press Release 6 April 2007 (pdf
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Annnouncement
of Bunting’s Relaunch.
Saviours or exploiters? Is the Suffolk Punch to be a gimmick of the new
campaign?
SVAG
Press Release 25 February 2007 (pdf
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A Sneak Preview of Horkesley
Park.
Could this be the real future of Horkesley Park: Suffolk Punches as the centrepiece
of an urban retail complex?
SVAG
Press Release 6 April 2006 (pdf 23Kb)
Annnouncement of Bunting's
withdrawal.
Summary of successful SVAG campaign.
Press Coverage Highlights
Essex
County Standard 3 August 2007 (pdf 159Kb)
The only news is no news.
Bunting's application would appear
to be delayed until the autumn.
East
Anglian Daily Times 25 June 2007 (pdf
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'Support' claims for rural centre
attacked
As protestors hit back at claims of support
for the heritage centre Bernard Jenkin, MP for North Essex,
said he regarded this development was too controvesial
to be
resolved locally and can only
be settled by a public inquiry.
Essex
County Standard 22 June 2007. (pdf 217Kb)
'90 per cent support plan,
say Bunting's
Buntings
continue with their claim that the
majority of visitors to their events supported
the proposed scheme. However
the Chairman of SVAG believes these figures are pretty misleading.
Suffolk
Free Press 21 June 2007. (pdf 220Kb)
'Buntings: We have backing
for Stour plan'
Following a 'public consultation' to gauge
reaction of the public, Buntings
announce that the majority of visitors were either supportive
or voiced no objection to their proposals.
Suffolk
Free Press 24 May 2007. (pdf 368Kb)
'Art historian gives heritage site warning'
At his lecture on 'Who owns Constable's Country?' Professor
Michael Rosenthal of Warwick University said of the proposed Horkesley
Park, "Having
studied the plans, I think the centre has got the potential to create
a lot of environmental damage".
Suffolk
Free Press 17 May 2007. (pdf 470Kb)
‘Protesters
step up Stour centre fight’
SVAG backed up by Nayland with Wissington Conservation
Society urge objectors to 'Say No to Horkesley Park' when a new application
is submitted.
East
Anglian Daily Times 11 May 2007. (pdf 294Kb)
‘Heritage
centre plan under fire in protest’
Making
a point: Protesters say everything that Buntings are proposing already
exists in the area -
amazing garden centres, marvellous old pubs,
and Suffolk Punches still being used at Stoke by Nayland.
East
Anglian Daily Times 12 April 2007. (pdf
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‘Art
historian attacks plans’
Michael Rosenthal
is to give a lecture highlighting the changing demands on the region's
landscape, backing the campaigns of SVAG and the Nayland with Wissington
Conservation Society.
East
Anglian Daily Times 9 April 2007. (pdf 311Kb)
‘Concerns
over tourist scheme’
Retail
elements under attack. Will
Pavry, SVAG chairman, expresses concerns that the proposed application will
not be significantly
different to previous applications.
East
Anglian Daily Times 2 April
2007. (pdf 428Kb)
‘New
plans for major heritage attraction’
In
their fourth attempt at gaining planning Buntings announce a consultation
process. A £15,000 3D model is to form part of an exhibition ahead of new plans
for a controversial countryside
tourist attraction.
Country
Life 6 April 2006 (pdf
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'Constable
Controversy'
‘
Constable
country retains its beauty and tranquillity thanks to sustained earlier
battles fought notably by
the architect
Raymond Erith, the Dedham
Vale Society and the National Trust. The Stour Valley Action Group is
fighting for an equally worthy cause.’
Evening
Gazette 4 April 2006. (pdf 189Kb)
‘Heritage
Scheme Withdrawn’
Controversial plans for a Constable heritage centre have been withdrawn while
improvements are made to the scheme.
Essex
County Standard 3 March 2006 (pdf 94Kb)
‘ New row over Constable
Centre’
Suggestions of financial links between backers of a controversial John
Constable heritage centre and a far eastern constrution company which
has expressed support for the project have been dismissed as ‘completely
untrue’.
The
Mail On Sunday 26 February 2006 (pdf
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‘ Chinese Invade Constable Country’
‘
Peking backs plan for £20m theme park that locals fear will ruin
Hay Wain landscape for ever.’
Private Eye
17 February 2006 (pdf
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‘ Sweet and Stour’
‘
Anger in Essex over plans for the Horkesley park “heritage centre” – a
100,000 sq ft garden centre with 1,125-seat café in Constable
country.’ The oddity of a classical Chinese garden in this ‘celebration’ of
Englishness.
The
Guardian TRAVEL 11 February 2006 (pdf
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Architecture correspondent Jonathan Glancey considers the implications
of Horkesley Park in his listing of the travesties and wonders of the
world’s tourist landscapes.
The
Guardian 4 February 2006 (pdf
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‘ Theme Park proposal
makes waves in Constable Country’
Plans for a £20m tourist attraction in the valley that inspired
John Constable have provoked accusations that a quiet slice of the English
countryside is about to fall victim to theme-park tourism.
The
Daily Telegraph 4 February 2006 (pdf
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‘ Storm
gathers over Constable ‘Theme
Park’
Villagers fear tourists will destroy rural tranquillity
Evening
Gazette 2 February 2006 (pdf
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‘ Business petition
against country park’
A group of small businesses have banded together to sign an open
letter against the proposed Horkesley Park development.
The
Mail on Sunday Property
on Sunday 29
January 2006 (pdf
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‘ Why this
Constable theme park may destroy the very countryside he loved’
Danae Brook offers a personal view on plans for a ‘conservation’ centre
in the stunning valley that inspired The Hay Wain.
Financial
Times 28 January 2006 (pdf
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‘
Constable Country’s brush
with controversy’
Plans for a £20m ‘theme park’ development celebrating
the painter’s life and times face vehement opposition.
Essex
County Standard 6 January 2006 (408pdf
)
Viewpoint. ‘This is why we
don’t need heritage scheme'
Will Pavry, SVAG chairman, puts the case against the Horkesley Park development.
Essex
County Standard 30 December 2005 (pdf
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Viewpoint. ‘Why we need
a Horkesley heritage centre’
Stephen Bunting of Bunting and Sons puts forward his case for the Horkesley
Park Heritage Park and Conservation Centre.
Essex
County Standard 16 December 2005 (pdf
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‘Traffic fears over heritage
park plan’ and ‘Save
us from ‘theme
park’.
Great Horkesley parish council opposes park plan, and farmers are calling
for the Essex countryside to be saved from the threat of a ‘theme
park’.