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ON WEDNESDAY, April 7, a major Amazon warehouse project was given the go-ahead for land at Basingstoke gateway, near Junction 7 of the M3.

The council leader has spoken out in support of a new warehouse scheme which would create an estimated 3,500 jobs on the eve of a crunch meeting to decide its fate. Tomorrow night, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s development control committee will vote on two planning applications to build warehouses at Oakdown Farm in Dummer. Newlands Property Development, behind the Basingstoke Gateway project near junction 7 of the M3, has estimated 1,447 new jobs would be directly created as a result of the scheme’s approval as well as a further 2,025 indirect jobs which would inject £7...

Plans for Basingstoke Gateway are due to be decided at a special development control meeting on Wednesday. The letter reads: Dear Developer, For the best part of a year, we have watched, listened and participated in the many arguments for and against your proposed development of Oakdown Farm - bringing to Basingstoke a Distribution Hub of huge proportions. There are extremely valid arguments against the huge impact to the environment, biodiversity, landscape and road accessibility, however it is without a doubt a large investment into the town and creates jobs in these difficult times, ...