At last SnOasis, the winter sports resort has received planning permission from Mid Suffolk District Council. The application was first made two years ago and has taken all of this time for agreement to be reached over the environmental impact assessment which has led to an extensive "106", which are conditions to be adhered to in the construction.

There is still much opposition to the project as we've reported recently. Approval is still required from the government office of the East of England who in turn will recommend to the Deputy Prime Minister’s office whether or not a public inquiry should be held.

If you believe, as SCUK do, of the importance of this project to winter sports, then now is the time to act. A decision will be taken within the next two and a half weeks and SnOasis are asking for as much support as you can give. The opposition is such that the silent majority which support SnOasis must be heard. It therefore needs everyone involved with winter sports to write to the authorities to demonstrate that the overwhelming support has a voice and wants SnOasis to be built.

Below are the people to contact. If you email, then please copy in snoasis@winter-sports.co.uk in your response.

Brian Hackland
Regional Director
Government Office for the East of England
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 2DF
tel: 01223 372500
fax: 01223 372501
email: brian.hackland@goeast.gsi.gov.uk

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU
Email: dc@odpm.gsi.gov.uk

Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, Minister for Sport
Department for Culture Media & Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London, SW1Y 5DH
richard.caborn@culture.gsi.gov.uk

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