Last night Wokingham Planning Committee rejected the ERMRT application by 6 votes to 3 after nearly two hours’ debate.
 
Cllr. Tony Page has said the Local Economic Partnership has withdrawn its funding for the scheme.
 
There’s a Chronicle report with a click-on video in bottom-right corner on the link
 
Video of the proceedings is at http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/meetings/films-of-council-executive-and-planning-meetings/meeting-of-the-planning-committee-on-12-december-2018/ – MRT runs from 23 minutes in to 2 hours and 16 minutes point.

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PIONEER SHARE OFFER

We're excited to announce our Pioneer share offer for Reading Hydro CBS. This is an initial investment round to support the early stages, including outline design work to ensure the viability of the project.

As members or early supporters of Reading Hydro we wanted to give you the first chance to become a Pioneer investor in this local renewable energy scheme. It might even make a nice alternative Christmas present ;) 

You'll find further details of the campaign, and ways to invest, on our crowdfunder page. It will be open for the next few weeks, but early bird investors will get extra rewards.

Please spread the word and if you'd like to find out more or get involved in other ways then let us know.

Let's pioneer cleaner, greener, community energy in Reading together.

Please log your objections to the East Reading Mass Rapid Transit soon - Wokingham's nominal 'consultation' period expires next week.

Read all about it on Save Our Ancient Riverside website!

Application is essentially the same as the one rejected by Wokingham on 'Landscape' grounds in the summer, except that they propose to add 'planters' of greenery.

To make it easy SOAR have links on their website (link below) - click on OBJECT NOW for guidance. Anyone can object - so object to both Wokingham and Reading at the same time!

Some people will be making complex objections on grounds of planning policy but a sentence or two on why you value the riverside will be enough to register your opposition.