In addition to serious environmental concerns, Suffolk Together’s biggest worry about the Snoasis proposal has always been that far from creating long-term jobs, it was likely to result in a financial disaster which would end up in the lap of the District Council and the County.
The business case has never looked convincing and the developer has never argued that he or his partners have the experience to run a project of this size and nature. His previous project at Ditchling ended up in liquidation.
The current situation is less than satisfactory. Ownership control of the Snoasis development passed last year to an Irish company, which is now in liquidation, and detailed plans without which the development cannot proceed , have not materialised. Meanwhile without any planning permission circa 20,000 tons of rubble have mysteriously appeared on the site. The developer claims to know nothing about this, but as the material is in the vicinity of a protected wildlife site, the police are undertaking an investigation to establish whether a criminal offence has been committed. You will not be surprised that Suffolk Together continue to oppose the development.