But Sita's planning manager Gareth Phillips said it would create jobs and regenerate a brownfield site.

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This is now the prime brownfield site along the banks of the Thames, and could yet become one of London's biggest leisure complexes.

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Harrow Estates has applied to South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) to alter the frequency of the tests at the brownfield site in Hauxton.

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He said the trust had to go through many stages, including registering as a housing association and securing funding from a range of bodies, including the Charities Aid Foundation, to buy a derelict brownfield site.

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