"Richard J." wrote in message
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JWBA68 wrote:
From Watford Observer, Friday, December 24, 2004
[snip]
"This is a valuable Green Belt site which is important to the local
community in Croxley

It's a former railway-owned tip that has been roughly cleared, and most
of it is fenced off and inaccessible to the local community. How can it
be important to them in its present state?

Their website http://www.keepcroxleygreen.co.uk/ says that "The land was
compulsory purchased by LUL and they obtained a licence solely for tipping.
Tipping stopped over 25 years ago. LUL gave up their licence and tried to
offload the land firstly to TRDC for £1 and then to CG Parish Council – for
use by the community. It has been used by the community for years. We want
to keep it that way!"

I've never been there but the website includes photos of what looks like an
attractive rural scene. In a case like this where supposedly "operational
land" in fact hasn't been used for many years and has no track on it,
shouldn't the locals have a right to be heard ? This is not the same as
extending or modernising an existing facility - it is effectively a new
development. But perhaps LUL are right and there is no better place for
their depot - so let them prove their case through the planning process.