Talk:Save Historic Newmarket

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This article clearly doesn't fail WP:GNG

For a start, it's the first organisation ever to win a judicial review against Regional Spatial Strategies and Local Development Frameworks:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2011/606.html

The organisation has been reported far and wide across the UK (example below):

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/racing-fans-win-newmarket-battle-15126232.html

They're also the first organisation to successfully campaign against a major planning application after Regional Spatial Strategies were abolished.

It's looks like a pretty broad group, and is being cited as a model for a lot of LDF and RSS-focused groups.

And it gets a lot of media coverage, here are just a few articles:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/racing-fans-win-newmarket-battle-15126232.html http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/lord-derbys-hatchfield-farm-plans-rejected/724013/top/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/8341960/Housing-turf-war-divides-Newmarket-the-home-of-horse-racing.html http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/local/hatchfield_farm_housing_plan_decision_deferred_1_551155 http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article6916182.ece

--Mardyten (talk) 09:21, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any problems with NPOV here. The article seems to present a pretty balanced view from the articles I've read. I'll attach a few below.

I think the last sentence about tree-planting should go, as it's unreferenced and frankly doesn't merit inclusion, even though tree-planting is a jolly good thing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/6257743/Racing-industry-fury-at-Lord-Derbys-plans-for-1200-new-homes-in-Newmarket.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/6835582/Uncivil-war-shatters-Newmarket-peace-over-Lord-Derbys-housing-plans.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-1254925/Newmarket-protest-Top-jockeys-sign-petition-Hatchfield-Farm-plans.html.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279392/Richard-Kay-19-May-2010.html

--Keithmarkham (talk) 10:46, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]