Archive : BMC £3m warehouse plan rejected

22 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

B.M.C. £3M. WAREHOUSE PLAN REJECTED

An application by the British Motor Corporation to put up a 450,000 square feet spare parts warehouse at Kidlington, near Oxford, at a cost of £3,450,000, has been rejected by Oxfordshire County Council. B.M.C. are to appeal to the Minister of Housing and there may be a public inquiry. A council official said yesterday that the ground of the council’s refusal was that the site was in a vulnerable part of the green belt.

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Created www.austin-rover.co.uk in 2001 and built it up to become the world's foremost reference source for all things BMC, Leyland and Rover Group, before renaming it AROnline in 2007.

Is the Editor of the Parkers website and price guide, formerly editor of Classic Car Weekly, and launch editor/creator of Modern Classics magazine. Has contributed to various motoring titles including Octane, Practical Classics, Evo, Honest John, CAR magazine, Autocar, Pistonheads, Diesel Car, Practical Performance Car, Performance French Car, Car Mechanics, Jaguar World Monthly, MG Enthusiast, Modern MINI, Practical Classics, Fifth Gear Website, Radio 4, and the the Motoring Independent...

Likes 'conditionally challenged' motors and taking them on unfeasible adventures all across Europe.