On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, lonelytraveller wrote:

On 2 Feb, 12:55, Burkey wrote:

A giant development plan could see more than 1,000 new homes, a hotel
and even an eye-catching tower built on industrial land close to
Watford Junction.

The land, which is behind the London Midland station and sandwiched
between the industrial estates on Imperial Way, Reeds Crescent and the
main railway tracks, currently houses a concrete batching plant.

The concrete batching plant would be rehomed elsewhere in the town.

Isn't this just an excuse for building on greenbelt land by cheating;

No.

an ugly industrial site isn't being removed, its just being moved

True.

(presumably to somewhere on the greenbelt, or a playing field, since
they are unlikely to knock down hundreds of homes to make space for it):

You think they'd get planning permission to build a concrete batching
plant on greenfield land?

tom

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