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09-06-2008: Castor Parish Council have been doing tremendous work regarding the Clay Lane application. One key event was a meeting at the beginning of May that they organised with Paul Rossington, Head of Planning at Peterborough City Council. The meeting was held on-site and Paul Rossington saw first hand the traffic issues surrounding The Green and the junction with Peterborough Road. He also began to understand the local issues surrounding housing density and the elevated position of the site. Castor News understands from a reliable source that Paul Rossington has intervened personally in the planning process and has, amongst other things, instructed the traffic experts at the council to carry out a full of re-evaluation of the area. As a result, the application is unlikely to go to Planning Committee until September at the earliest.

16-05-2008: A full update has been published on Castor News. A copy of this news item can be downloaded.

09-05-2008: The deadline for objecting to the latest plans is 22nd May 2008. Castor Parish Council have released a letter detailing a public meeting and providing advice on how to object.

26-04-2008: English Partnerships have today (26th April) sent revised plans for the Clay Lane site to Castor Parish Council. These plans are about to submitted to Peterborough City Council and are likely to go before a Planning Committee Meeting at the town hall in June. The number of houses has only been reduced to 40 together with some changes to design and layout within the site. 

03-04-2008: English Partnerships have withdrawn the current application for the Clay Lane site. It is expected that a new application will be submitted within a few weeks which will incorporate some design changes and address some traffic implications.

20-03-2008: Castor Parish Council have been informed that the Clay Lane Plans will NOT now be on the agenda for the Planning Committee meeting on 1st April. Residents will be notified via the Castor News website when a date is arranged.

13-03-2008: Castor Parish Council discussed the Clay Lane development at their meeting on 5th March 2008. This meeting was also attended by Andy Hiorns from David Lock Associates who represent English Partnerships. The minutes of the meeting can be downloaded from the Parish Council main page.

25-02-2008: Castor Parish Council have written to Peterborough City Council objecting to the application.