Campaigners said with both Bracknell Forest and Wokingham Borough Councils planning to build new homes in Crowthorne their village of about 5, 500 homes would grow by another 3, 500.

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Forest of Dean District Council approved planning permission for the new 4, 645 sq m store on Steam Mills Road last January.

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Bev Hindle, chief officer planning and transport at Bracknell Forest Council, said the authority would "continue to seek views on potential development areas for new neighbourhoods".

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On 12 August, Mr Morton, who is backed by the Save Our Stow campaign, which is calling for greyhound racing to return to the track, delivered a pre-planning application for the stadium to Waltham Forest Council.

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Rona Burt, Forest Heath council cabinet member, said there were no planning reasons to reject the proposals.

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Basingstoke and Deane, Eastleigh, New Forest, Rushmoor and Havant councils said they were not planning any job losses.

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Leader of the Conservative-controlled Forest of Dean District Council, Patrick Molyneux, said officers were looking through the planning report and before making a decision on how to proceed.

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