{"id":75160,"date":"2020-04-22T09:13:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T08:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=75160"},"modified":"2020-04-22T09:13:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T08:13:06","slug":"snoasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/snoasis\/75160\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for \u00a3500m snow centre in Ipswich"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Plans to build a \u00a3500m snow centre, SnOasis, in Great Blakenham, near Ipswich have been approved by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midsuffolk.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mid Suffolk Council<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>SnOasis will provide winter sport facilities such as a professional level ski slope, ice rink and bobsleigh run. The site will also accommodate an entertainment centre \u2013 with scope for further facilities such as retail units, a hotel, hostel and chalets.<\/p>\n<p>Outline approval for the development was granted by central government in 2008 and again by Mid Suffolk District Council in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Final details of the project, known as reserved matters, were considered and assessed against both local policy and the latest national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/planning-system-landscape\/70795\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">planning policies<\/a>, before being approved by the council last March.<\/p>\n<p>Following assurance from the developers that detailed conditions addressing local concerns would be met, the council\u2019s planning committee voted by 11 to three in favour of the project.<\/p>\n<h3>SnOasis conditions and obligations<\/h3>\n<p>Mid Suffolk District Council and the developer have been working on a range of measures and public benefits that needed to be agreed for construction to start.<\/p>\n<h4>The package of conditions and obligations upon the developer include:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A requirement to operate to a highly efficient standard \u2013 with at least 75% of the development&#8217;s energy coming from decentralised and renewable\/low-carbon energy sources<\/li>\n<li>Substantial upgrade works to Stowmarket railway station<\/li>\n<li>A raft of environmental, ecological and amenity controls to mitigate the impacts of the development from the start of construction right through to the ongoing operation of the development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now these commitments have been finalised, the chief planning officer has used emergency delegated powers to give the final green light for SnOasis, in the absence of regular committee meetings taking place due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/covid-19-construction-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor David Burn, Mid Suffolk District Council&#8217;s cabinet member for planning, commented: \u201cI am pleased with today\u2019s decision by the chief planning officer, which reflects the will of our planning committee, the majority of whom voted in favour of the project last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry of housing, communities and local government has stressed the importance of councils ensuring that the planning system continues to function at this time of national crisis, prioritising planning decision-making where this will support the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSnOasis couldn\u2019t be a better example of this, as it will benefit not just the district but Suffolk as a whole, at a time when opportunities for employment and economic growth will be needed more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to build a \u00a3500m snow centre, SnOasis, in Great Blakenham, near Ipswich have been approved by Mid Suffolk Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,997,649,567],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-planning-applications","10":"tag-planning-system"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Green light for \u00a3500m snow centre in Ipswich<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Proposals to build a \u00a3500m snow centre, SnOasis, in Great Blakenham, near Ipswich have been approved by Mid Suffolk Council\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/snoasis\/75160\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Green light for \u00a3500m snow centre in Ipswich\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plans to build a \u00a3500m snow centre, SnOasis, in Great Blakenham, near Ipswich have been approved by Mid Suffolk Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/snoasis\/75160\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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