§ 49. Sir K. Pickthornasked the Minister of Power whether he has yet reached a decision on the application of the Central Electricity Generating Board for consent to build a power station at Holme Pierrepont.
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§ Mr. WoodI have decided not to consent to this application. More power stations on economic sites are urgently needed, but the inspectors whom I appointed to hold a public inquiry advise me that a station at Holme Pierrepont would seriously reduce an area of open country of particular amenity value very near Nottingham, and that the necessary movement of coal by rail to the power station would greatly intensify the city's traffic problems.