The Fields Association has invited our Member of Parliament, James Cleverly MP, to meet with the local community to discuss the longer term vision for Wethersfield Airbase. The meeting will take place at 3pm on Friday 29th November in Wethersfield Village Hall.
The Ministry of Justice sought to build two Mega prisons on the Airbase. This was considered to be a wholly inappropriate development in an isolated area which contravened national and local planning policies and the MoJ’s own site criteria for prisons. The MoJ however has stated that Wethersfield remains part of its long-term prison strategy.
The Airbase is currently used as an Asylum Reception Centre, but despite the recent reports of the numbers of men housed there increasing to 800, it is not expected to continue in such use for the longer term.
The Fields Association has been campaigning, for three years, for the Airbase to be returned to the community and a plan for its future to be put in place which will benefit the local community.
Three years ago, thirteen parish councils also combined to form the Wethersfield Airbase Scrutiny Committee to “scrutinise” the MoJ’s proposal and has continued to work closely with The Fields Association regarding the Airbase's future.
More recently, Finchingfield and Wethersfield parish councils have combined in order to produce a joint Neighbourhood Plan which encompasses most of the Airbase and specifies certain policies which will influence what development may take place on it. Further work is being undertaken to crystalise those policies.
This is regarded as an opportunity for people to ask questions and express opinions about their visions for the future of the Airbase to Mr Cleverly and encourage his support for those visions.
𝐖𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝, 𝐖𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.
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