20/11/2008

Phoney consutation - don't mention the ARMS DEALERS

See letter below sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government and METRIX which asks if you are maybe aware, that they are currently conducting an extensive programme of phoney public consultation on the proposals for the redevelopment of Ministry of Defence (MOD) St Athan. They tell us the development will chiefly consist of a new Defence Technical Academy, with associated housing and facilities, and an Aerospace Business Park so you will be amazed to learn that the key subjects
at
proposed workshops will be focus on Transport and community facilities!
 
Don't mention ARMS DEALERS  like  RAYHEON or QINETIQ

or MERCENARIES or PRIVATISATION or
the £35 million spent so far or
generating third party
income from spare capacity or training
mercenaries
to you and me.
There is the slight problem of the Ely Valley Road
which the
Vale of Glamorgan Council has
twice rejected proposals for a major new road
linking junction 34 of the M4 to Sycamore Cross.
The Welsh Assembly Government seem to be the
driving force behind this, and it could be that
airport traffic is a smokescreen for improved
access to the Defence Academy at St Athan or
other developments in the south of the Vale.
 
Anyone concerned about the loss of the Vale

countryside may like to know that Vale MP
John Smith has already given assurance to
the Welsh Affairs Committee in the Commons
in support of the Metrix Bid for St Athan
"We have the total support of the local
authority ... many of the of those
planning and infrastructure considerations
have already been addressed by the body
that will be responsible for delivering them,
underwritten by the Welsh Assembly Government.
We are not going to have problems with green belt issues
and planning issues...."
(Hansard 23 May 2006, Q58)
 
Campaign against the Ely Valley Road
 
Consultation c/o QINETIQ Reaching out to the local

community!
 Letter to the public 

Dear Sir/Madam,
Please find attached a letter and invitation to a
series of workshops and interest
groups as part of the programme of public consultation
on the proposals for the redevelopment of Ministry
of Defence (MOD) St Athan.
The subjects of the workshops
and interest groups have been identified through
feedback received at the public exhibitions as
key areas of interest to the local community.
The first two
workshops will focus on Transport and Community
Facilities and the dates and
locations are as follows:

Subject: Community Facilities
When: Thursday 04 December, 18:30 - 20:30
Where: RAF St Athan Golf Club, Clive Road,
St Athan, CF62 4JD


Subject:Transport
When: Tuesday 09 December, 18:30 - 20:30
Where: The Gathering Place, Flemingston Road,
St Athan, CF62 4JH

These two workshops will enable attendees
to find out more detailed

information about the subject and allow the
St Athan project team to seek the
community’s views on specific elements
of the draft plan for the site’s
redevelopment.

Two interest groups looking at Environment
and Community Welfare will be held in
early 2009 and will provide an opportunity
for the project team to share further
details and capture attendees’ opinions
and views – details on these to be
confirmed at a later date.

Your views really do count (BUT WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED)

and we hope that you will
take this opportunity to participate
in what should be a series of interesting and
productive events. If you would like to attend,
we ask that you let us know
by 1st December.

If you have any questions in the meantime,

please do not hesitate to
contact
us on 0845 618 0016. You can also e-mail us at

enquiries@st-athanconsultation.co.uk or write
to us at Freepost

RRKG-AZTG-JLJX, Camargue (St Athan),
Eagle
Tower
, Montpellier Drive,
Cheltenham, GL50 1TA

Yours Sincerely,
Gemma Rae
St Athan Project Phoney Public Consultation
Services

What they said then - Derek Twigg MP was Under Secretary of State for Defence before ‘affordability issues’ soaring costs and cutting the length of training courses by 25%.

What are the 'benefits' to the MOD of transferring risk to the private sector?

Derek Twigg MP, Under Secretary of State for Defence, talks to PSCA International's Matthew D'Arcy about what lies ahead in bringing a new flexible approach to learning through the Defence Training Review. “Partnership with the private sector does give us flexibility, and this is the key point here, to decrease or increase student throughput. The partner will be able to generate third party income from spare capacity and also dispose of surplus capacity. It also allows for a very important part of the role for industry to bring private sector management expertise and the ability to include significant capital investment at this stage. It is really about delivering a modern and flexible learning environment that will be fit for our service personnel of the future.”
Facilities key to defence trainingThe PPP Journal Issue 56 - Thursday, April 12, 200




From St Athan Project Phoney Public Consultation

Services

ST ATHAN – HOME OF THE DEFENCE TECHNICAL ACADEMY AND AEROSPACE PARK

Dear Sir or Madam,

As you may be aware, we are currently conducting an extensive programme of public consultation on the proposals for the redevelopment of Ministry of Defence (MOD) St Athan. The development will chiefly consist of a new Defence Technical Academy, with associated housing and facilities, and an Aerospace Business Park which, through the creation of new jobs and investment in the local and regional economy, represents an exciting opportunity for the area.

Having completed the first phase of consultation – public exhibitions held during July 2008 in St Athan, Cowbridge

and Llantwit Major – we are now pleased to announce that we will be holding a series of workshops and interest groups over the coming months. These events will provide an opportunity for us to discuss a number of topics in

more depth with members of the local community and you are warmly invited to attend one or more of them.

The subjects of the workshops and interest groups have been identified through feedback received at the public exhibitions as key areas of interest to the local community. The first two workshops will focus on Transport and Community Facilities and the dates and locations are as follows:

Subject When Where

Community Facilities Thursday 04 December RAF St Athan Golf Club, Clive Road, St Athan, CF62 4JD 18:30 – 20:30

Transport Tuesday 09 December The Gathering Place, Flemingston Road, St Athan, CF62 4JH

18:30 – 20:30

These two workshops will enable attendees to find out more detailed information about the subject and allow the St Athan project team to seek the community’s views on specific elements of the draft plan for the site’s redevelopment. Two interest groups looking at Environment and Community Welfare will be held in early 2009 and will provide an opportunity for the project team to share further details and capture attendees’ opinions and views.

Your views really do count and we hope that you will take this opportunity to participate in what should be a

series of interesting and productive events. If you would like to attend, please complete and return the enclosed form by 1st December.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us on 0845 618 0016. You can also e-mail us at enquiries@st-athanconsultation.co.uk or write to us at Freepost RRKG-AZTG-JLJX, Camargue (St Athan), Eagle Tower, Montpellier Drive, Cheltenham, GL50 1TA

Yours sincerely,


Mike Grimmel Ed Bampton

Project Manager St Athan Project Director

Metrix UK Welsh Assembly Government


SAIN TATHAN – CARTREF I’R ACADEMI DECHNEGOL AMDDIFFYN A’R PARC AWYROFOD

Annwyl Syr neu Fadam,

Fel y gwyddoch mai'n siŵr, rydym ar hyn o bryd yn cynnal rhaglen eang o ymgynghoriadau cyhoeddus ynglŷn â’r cynigion ar gyfer ailddatblygu’r Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn, Sain Tathan. Bydd y datblygiad yn bennaf yn cynnwys Academi Dechnegol Amddiffyn, gyda thai a chyfleusterau cysylltiol, a Pharc Busnes Awyrofod, a fydd, drwy greu swyddi newydd a buddsoddiad yn yr economi leol a rhanbarthol, yn gyfle cyffrous iawn i’r ardal.

Wedi cwblhau cam cyntaf yr ymgynghoriad - arddangosfeydd cyhoeddus a gynhaliwyd yng Ngorffennaf 2008 yn Sain Tathan, Y Bont-faen a Llanilltud Fawr - mae’n bleser nawr gennym gyhoeddi y byddwn yn cynnal cyfres o weithdai a grwpiau buddiant yn ystod y misoedd nesaf. Bydd y digwyddiadau hyn yn darparu cyfle i ni drafod nifer o bynciau mewn mwy o fanylder gydag aelodau’r gymuned leol ac estynnir croeso cynnes i chi fynychu un neu fwy ohonynt.

Detholwyd y pynciau dan sylw ar gyfer y gweithdai a’r grwpiau buddiant fel meysydd o ddiddordeb allweddol i’r gymuned leol o ganlyniad yr adborth a dderbyniwyd adeg yr arddangosfeydd cyhoeddus. Bydd y ddau weithdy cyntaf yn canolbwyntio ar Gludiant a Chyfleusterau Cymunedol ac mae’r dyddiau a’r lleoliadau fel a ganlyn:

Pwnc Pryd Ble

Cyfleusterau Cymunedol Dydd Iau 04 Rhagfyr Clwb Golff RAF Sain Tathan, Heol Clive, Sain Tathan, CF62 4JD

18:30 – 20:30

Cludiant Dydd Mawrth 9 Rhagfyr Y Man Ymgynnull, Flemingston Road, Sain Tathan, CF62 4JH

18:30 – 20:30

Bydd y ddau weithdy yn galluogi’r mynychwyr i gael hyd i fwy o wybodaeth fanwl ynglŷn â’r pwnc a chaniatáu tîm prosiect Sain Tathan i geisio barn y gymuned ynglŷn ag elfennau penodol o’r cynllun drafft i ailddatblygu’r safle. Cynhelir dau grŵp buddiant a fydd yn ystyried yr Amgylchedd a Lles y Gymuned ar ddechrau 2009 a darperir cyfle i’r tîm prosiect rhannu unrhyw fanylion pellach a chlywed barn a sylwadau’r mynychwyr.

Mae eich barn yn cyfri o ddifri a gobeithiwn y gwnewch fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i gymryd rhan yn yr hyn a ddylai fod yn gyfres o ddigwyddiadau diddorol a chynhyrchiol. Os hoffech fynychu, a fyddech cystal â llenwi a dychwelyd y ffurflen amgaeedig erbyn 1 Rhagfyr.

Yn y cyfamser, os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau, mae croeso i chi gysylltu â ni ar 0845 618 0016. Gallwch hefyd yrru e-bost atom ar enquiries@st-athanconsultation.co.uk neu ysgrifennu atom yn Freepost RRKG-AZTG-JLJX, Camargue (St Athan), Eagle Tower, Montpelier Drive, Cheltenham, GL50 1TA

Yn gywir,

Mike Grimmel Ed Bampton

Rheolwr Prosiect Cyfarwyddwr Prosiect Sain Tathan

Metrix UK Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru


ST ATHAN – HOME OF THE DEFENCE TECHNICAL ACADEMY AND AEROSPACE PARK

WORKSHOPS AND INTEREST GROUPS

I would like to attend the following workshops:


Community Facilities

Transport


I am interested in attending the following interest groups and would like to be contacted when further information is available:





Environment


Community Welfare



Text Box: My contact details are: Name 	_______________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________________ 	_______________________________________________________________ 	_______________________________________________________________ Phone	_______________________________________________________________ Email	_______________________________________________________________



Specific topics I would like to see discussed in more detail at the workshops and interest groups are:


Please return to:

Freepost RRKG-AZTG-JLJX, Camargue (St Athan),

Eagle Tower, Montpellier Drive, Cheltenham, GL50 1TA


SAIN TATHAN – CARTREF I’R ACADEMI DECHNEGOL AMDDIFFYN A’R PARC AWYROFOD

GWEITHDAI A GRWPIAU BUDDIANT

Hoffwn fynychu’r gweithdai canlynol:


Cyfleusterau Cymunedol

Cludiant


Mae gennyf ddiddordeb i fynychu’r grwpiau buddiant a ganlyn a hoffwn petai chi’n cysylltu â mi pan fydd gwybodaeth bellach ar gael:





Amgylchedd


Lles y Gymuned



Text Box: Dyma fy manylion cyswllt: Enw 	  ______________________________________________________________ Cyfeiriad______________________________________________________________ 	_______________________________________________________________ 	_______________________________________________________________ Rhif Ffôn_____________________________________________________________ E-bost	_______________________________________________________________



Hoffwn petai modd trafod y pynciau hyn mewn mwy o fanylder adeg y gweithdai a’r grwpiau buddiant:


Dychwelwch at:

Freepost RRKG-AZTG-JLJX, Camargue (St Athan),

Eagle Tower, Montpellier Drive, Cheltenham, GL50 1TA


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