Category: Eye

Eye Green Esso ran out of fuel last night. As stocks dwindle across Peterborough a compound effect of one station running out of fuel forcing people onto the next nearest station continues.

The panic has been caused be Unite whose drivers are threatening to strike. Although they have said there will be no strike before Easter, as they have to give a weeks notice, conflicting information from the government has meant people filling up unnecessarily.

As I was at Eye station people were still driving in, one couple towing a caravan said they were so low on fuel they didn’t know where to risk next. Nearby Texaco still had unleaded left but was out of diesel last night.

Read more Evening Telegraph website here.

A well-attended meeting for such a cold winter evening. MP Stewart Jackson and City Council officers were in attendance. Although the council’s plans for 300 homes for Eye Green have been reduced the City Council still want to build 85 houses, 35 on Eye Green and 50 off Thorney Road. We wait in anticipation to see what the outcome of the meeting is.

The Evening Telegraph has reported that Eye Councillor David Sanders was “embarrassed” by the actions of his council.

Update: The Evening Telegraph has a full report on the meeting here.

Related: Marco Cereste, leader of Peterborough City Council becomes chairman of LarkPoint, Larkfleet homes are one of the companies building homes in Eye. Report from the Evening Telegraph here.

Editors comment: Although the reduction in housing is welcomed my thoughts are that 35 homes on the Eye Green site are just ridiculous. 20 executive houses on the Eye Green site plus 50 homes off Thorney Road could be accommodated, at a push, although we would need assurances that there will be no further growth on that scale.

Reported in the Evening Telegraph this week Peterborough City councils growth strategy to create 24,600 homes has been approved by the government. This includes 85 homes on top of the 190 homes already approved for Eye. Although the leader of the council Councillor Marco Cereste said he was delighted with the news, Eye and Thorney Councillor David Sanders attacked the designation of Eye as a “Key Service area”. Continue reading “Peterboroughs growth strategy for the next 14 years” →

CAMPAIGNERS fear objections raised against proposed new homes and travellers’ sites by hundreds of residents Eye and Thorney residents could be ignored. Their concerns were sparked when it was revealed that the Rural North Neighbourhood Council will be asked on Thursday to approve or reject proposals, including 300 new homes to be built in Eye, that are included in Peterborough City Council’s Site Allocations Document…

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Big turnout last night as plans for the further development of Eye were discussed. Over 275 people gathered at Eye Community Centre to find out more about Peterborough City Councils plans to build an extra 305 home and 10 travellers pitches to the east of the village. Over 500 letters of objection were handed over to the planning officers. Richard Kay, the Council’s Policy and Strategy Manager did admit that it was quite a large amount for Eye. The consultation period ends on Thursday 22nd April.