Cranbrook Church

The Tower Chapel Site has covered Stewart Smiths last UK concert with Delirious, including video of his farewall speech.

There is a prayer walk taking place in what will be Cranbrook. We’re meeting at the “Jack in The Green” car park at 11:30 on 29th March. Please make it if you can!

Time for a quick plug for a new website that has been recently launched. The Chapel of Loxford Tower is an online magazine of Christian News, Views, Resources, and oddities from the internet.

Resources will include the best of what is available on the Internet, and a list of cool games and ideas that can be used in your youth club.

ThisisExeter reports on more enviromental news for Cranbrook. After taking part in a housing competition Cranbrook has one of just five packages of support on offer from Regen SW, the region’s renewable energy agency.

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Despite previous thinking its not looking like Cranbrook will an “eco town”. According to the Express and Echo:

What is certain is that the new town of Cranbrook, to be built near Exeter, will not be an eco town, because it was planned before the tougher new environmental guidelines were introduced, and will probably be on too small a scale to fit the criteria.

Bearing the above in mind, the Government do consider Cranbrook as a eco town prototype.

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Advance warning of a prayer walk taking place in Cranbrook. We’re meeting at the “Jack in The Green” car park at 11:30 on 29th March. Please make it if you can!

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There has been a whole lot of news recently surrounding the Cranbrook development. The most important being that the Highways agency has withdrawn a condition that was restricting the size of the town until local Motorway improvements have been made.

The leader of the East Devon district  has said in reference to this;

“The district council has been working with both organisations and the South West Regional Development Agency for a number of years and this is a watershed moment for all of us. I have been lobbying for 10 years for this agreement since I spoke to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on the occasion of his opening the new A30.

“We are one significant step closer to making a start on developments at the west end of East Devon, including Cranbrook, the inter modal freight depot, Skypark and the University of Exeter Science Park”. 

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Other news includes reports on worries of lack of space at the new Cranbrook School campus, the increase need of construction workers in the Exeter area, and the further requirement for housing in Devon.

Further news can be found at:

• This is Exeter
• This is Devon
• Exeter FM
• East Devon Council

Foot Ansteys have published an article that people may find interesting, on the plans for Cranbrook and the nearby Skypark, as well as the relationship between Cranbrook and Exeter.

Sorry for not mentioning this earlier, but the Devon County Council has given the ok for improvements to the local road network which is needed for the extra traffic resulting from the creation of Cranbrook.

This includes upgrades to the M5 Junctions 29 and 30 which will be between Cranbrook and nearby Exeter.

Thisisexeter has further details.