This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

Rejected petition Why did Eric Pickles approve a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange in St Albans?

In light of Greg Clark's decision in July 2016 to dismiss an appeal to build a International Freight Exchange on green belt in Colnbrook, Slough, we are asking for the criteria used for this decision to be used to overturn the St Albans' Strategic Rail Freight Interchange approval in 2014.

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After the SOS twice refused planning permission for a SRFI development on 300 acres of green belt in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Eric Pickles changed his mind and approved it in July 2014. Greg Clark in turning down the Colnbrook development concluded "that the benefits of the scheme do not clearly overcome the harm. Consequently very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development." Why did Eric Pickles change his mind and why did he not allow a conjoined enquiry with Colnbrook?

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