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The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was a Regiment of the British Yeomanry and is now an armoured Squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY), part of the British Army Reserve. It is the Lowlands of Scotland's only Royal Armoured Corps Unit and has an unbroken history stretching back to the 1790s.

The squadron is part of 51st (Scottish) Brigade within the Army's Support Command. The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry is the only yeomanry regiment that serves in the reconnaissance role, equipped with the Wolf Land Rover with Weapons Mount Installation Kit (WMIK) and with HMG (heavy machine gun 12.7mm L1A1) and GMPG (General purpose machine gun 7.62mm L7A2). On mobilisation, it provides squadrons to reinforce the regular Light Cavalry regiments. It has provided personnel to both Operation HERRICK in Afghanistan and Operation TELIC in Iraq, who have served with their regular counterparts in the Royal Armoured Corps and other arms and services.

The Ayrshire Yeomanry has won numerous battle honours and one Victoria Cross.

History

Formation and early history
The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was formed as an independent troop of Fencible Cavalry by The Earl of Cassillis sometime around 1794. It was formally adopted into the Army List in 1798 as The Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. The Yeomanry were established and recruited at this time to provide Britain with a defence against any invasion by French forces under Napoleon. The regiment spent its formative years as an aid to the civil powers, reacting to and controlling riots across Ayrshire and beyond, most notably in Paisley. In 1897, the regiment was granted permission to use the title Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Earl of Carrick's Own) in honour of the future King Edward VII, as Earl of Carrick is a subsidiary title of the Princes of Wales deriving from the Ayrshire district of Carrick.

Second Boer War
The Yeomanry was not intended to serve overseas, but due to the string of defeats during Black Week in December 1899, the British government realized they were going to need more troops than just the regular army. A Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December 1899 to allow volunteer forces to serve in the Second Boer War. The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each for the Imperial Yeomanry. With the Lanarkshire Yeomanry, the regiment co-sponsored the 17th (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire) Company for the 6th (Scottish) Battalion in 1900.

On their return in 1901, the regiment was reorganized as mounted infantry and titled the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Imperial Yeomanry. In 1908, it was transferred into the new Territorial Force, returning to the cavalry role as the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry. The regiment was based at Wellington Square in Ayr at this time.

First World War

In accordance with the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c.9), which brought the Territorial Force into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for Imperial Service. Therefore, TF units were split in August and September 1914 into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units. Later, a 3rd Line was formed to act as a reserve, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line regiments.

1/1st Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry

On the outbreak of the First World War, the regiment was one of the fastest to react to the mobilisation order and received congratulations from Scottish Command, even though there was an initial delay in that the orders came in a code that had not been issued to the regiment! Following mobilisation, the regiment joined the Lowland Mounted Brigade and remained in the United Kingdom, on home defence duties, until 1915. The regiment finally deployed overseas in September of that year, where it took part in the Gallipoli landings, serving as dismounted infantry. The regiment was attached to the 52nd (Lowland) Division in October; it was withdrawn in January 1916 and moved to Egypt. In early 1917, the regiment was amalgamated with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry to form the 12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeomanry) Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 74th (Yeomanry) Division (The Broken Spurs), seeing service in the Palestine campaign before moving to the Western Front in May 1918. A member of this regiment, Thomas Caldwell, won the Victoria Cross on 31 October 1918 at Oudenaarde in Belgium.

2/1st Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
The 2nd line regiment was formed in 1914. In 1915, it was under the command of the 2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade in Scotland (along with the 2/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry and the 2/1st Lothians and Border Horse) and by March 1916 was at Dunbar, East Lothian. On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were numbered in a single sequence and the brigade became 20th Mounted Brigade, still at Dunbar under Scottish Command.

In July 1916, there was a major reorganization of 2nd Line yeomanry units in the United Kingdom. All but 12 regiments were converted to cyclists and as a consequence the regiment was dismounted and the brigade converted to 13th Cyclist Brigade. Further reorganization in October and November 1916 saw the brigade redesignated as 9th Cyclist Brigade in November, still at Dunbar.

About May 1918, the brigade moved to Ireland and the regiment was stationed at Omagh, County Tyrone. There were no further changes before the end of the war.

3/1st Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915 and in the summer was affiliated to a Reserve Cavalry Regiment at Aldershot. In June 1916, it left the Reserve Cavalry Regiment and went to Perth. The regiment was disbanded in early 1917 with personnel transferring to the 2nd Line regiment or to the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Catterick.

Between the wars
Post war, a commission was set up to consider the shape of the Territorial Force (Territorial Army from 1 October 1921). The experience of the First World War made it clear that cavalry was surfeit. The commission decided that only the 14 most senior regiments were to be retained as cavalry (though the Lovat Scouts and the Scottish Horse were also to remain mounted as "scouts"). Eight regiments were converted to Armoured Car Companies of the Royal Tank Corps (RTC), one was reduced to a battery in another regiment, one was absorbed into a local infantry battalion, one became a signals regiment and two were disbanded. The remaining 25 regiments were converted to brigades of the Royal Field Artillery between 1920 and 1922. As the 7th most senior regiment in the order of precedence, the regiment was retained as horsed cavalry.

Second World War
Between the First and Second World Wars, the regiment returned to its horsed Cavalry training in Scotland. However, when the call to duty came again at the beginning of Second World War, the Ayrshire Yeomanry was faced with a difficult choice, they were not required as a cavalry or as an armoured Regiment and were, instead, asked to fill a gap in the Army's Artillery organisation. In 1940, the regiment transferred into the Royal Artillery and duly formed two Regiments of Field Artillery; 151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA, formed in February, and 152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA, formed in April as a second-line duplicate.

151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA

The 151st remained in the United Kingdom until 1942, when it was assigned to 46th Infantry Division and fought in the Tunisia Campaign. It was assigned to the 11th Armoured Division in 1944, and remained with it through the campaign in North-Western Europe.

152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA

The 152nd was attached to the 6th Armoured Division in mid-1942, and moved with the division to North Africa that November. It remained with the division through the remainder of the war, fighting in the Tunisia Campaign, and the Italian Campaign, ending the war in Austria.

Both Regiments fought with great courage and between them they won four Distinguished Service Orders, twenty one Military Crosses and twenty four Military Medals.

Post war
After the War, the regiment reconstituted in the Territorial Army as a Yeomanry Regiment, under its old title of The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry, and transferred into the Royal Armoured Corps. The regiment was made part of 30 (Lowland) Independent Armoured Brigade. During this time, the regiment were issued with a wide variety of equipment, including at one stage flamethrower tanks. The regiment consisted of Sabre Squadrons at Ayr, Dalry and Kilmarnock with Regimental Headquarters and Carrick Troop (HQ Squadron) in Ayr.

In 1961, the Ayrshire Yeomanry paraded at Culzean Castle and were presented with their First Guidon bearing the Honours which had been hard won. The Ayrshire Yeomanry continued as an independent Regiment until 1969 when, in common with most of the Yeomanry Regiments, it was reduced to a Cadre of just a few men. On 1 April 1971, this cadre gave rise to two new units; B Squadron of the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment, later renamed the Queen's Own Yeomanry, at the former Regimental Headquarters in Ayr and 251 Squadron of 154th (Lowland) Transport Regiment in Irvine with no affiliation to the Ayrshire Yeomanry lineage. In 1992, the squadron was transferred to the newly formed Scottish Yeomanry.

In 1999, following the Government's "Strategic Defence Review", the Scottish Yeomanry amalgamated with the Queen's Own Yeomanry. Two of the Scottish Yeomanry's four Squadrons – The Ayrshire Yeomanry in Ayr, and The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse in Cupar continued to operate under command of The Queen's Own Yeomanry. On 1 July 2014, the squadron left The Queens Own Yeomanry to form the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry. Following the latest defence review, the squadron became 'light cavalry' and uses the Land Rover RWMIK.

Organisation
A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry) Squadron is based at Yeomanry House on Chalmers Road in Ayr.

Battle honours
The Ayrshire Yeomanry was awarded the following battle honours (honours in bold are emblazoned on the regimental colours):

Guidon

The guidon of The Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry was presented by General Sir Horatius Murray KBE CB DSO at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire on 24 June 1961. The battle honours of the regiment emblazoned on both sides of the Guidon are as follows:

Placed under the central tie of the Union wreath is the Honorary Distinction: the badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery within a laurel wreath bearing four scrolls inscribed as follows:

Victoria Cross
The only member of the regiment to be awarded the Victoria Cross was Thomas Caldwell for his actions on 31 October 1918 at Oudenaarde in Belgium.

Uniform
Prior to 1893, the Ayrshire Yeomanry wore black-leather helmets and black plumes with a dark blue uniform and scarlet facings. This was replaced by a hussar style uniform, including a fur busby with white plume and scarlet bag. Officers' tunics included a unique "figure-of-eight" front gold braiding, while other-ranks wore hip-length stable jackets of dark blue with scarlet collars and cuffs. This elaborate uniform was discarded after the Boer War and at the 1911 Coronation the Ayrshire Yeomanry was one of only two mounted regiments participating to wear plain khaki. The former facing-colours were commemorated by scarlet piping on the breeches.

Regimental music

The Ayrshire Yeomanry song, The Proud Trooper, was written as a poem following the regiment's actions in South Africa and the first verse is now often sung, to the tune of Amazing Grace, when several Ayrshire Yeomen are together. The lyrics of the first verse of The Proud Trooper are as follows:

"I've Listed in The County Horse,
A Yeoman don't you know,
With spurs of steel upon my heel,
full swagger now I go,
I've sworn an oath to serve the Queen,
And to defend Her Throne,
I'm proud to be a Trooper in,
The Earl of Carrick's Own."

The Ayrshire Yeomanry Locomotive

Of the 842 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 Locomotives, commonly known as "Black Fives", only four were named, and those were in honour of Scottish Regiments: Lanarkshire Yeomanry, The Queens Edinburgh, Ayrshire Yeomanry, Glasgow Highlander and Glasgow Yeomanry.

Alliances
  – The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)

See also

 Imperial Yeomanry
 List of Yeomanry Regiments 1908
 Yeomanry
 Yeomanry order of precedence
 British yeomanry during the First World War
 Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army
 List of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

 Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry - Official Website

Yeomanry regiments of the British Army
Yeomanry regiments of the British Army in World War I
Scottish regiments
Military units and formations in Ayrshire
Military of Scotland
Military units and formations established in 1794
Military units and formations established in 1798
Military units and formations established in 1971
Ayr
Ayrshire
Regiments of the British Army in World War II
1794 establishments in Great Britain

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Planning Application 19/00524/OUT - Land to the south of Thorpe Road, Weeley, CO16 9AJ
Meeting of Special Meeting, Planning Committee, Monday, 12th August, 2019 6.00 pm (Item 31.)
Outline planning application with all matters reserved, except for access, for 280 dwellings, a 2 Form of Entry primary school, 56 place early years nursery, up to 3000 sqm of office (B1) buildings on 1 hectare and associated ancillary buildings, drainage systems, boundary treatments and hard surfacing as well as public open space, vehicular access from Thorpe Road a pedestrian footbridge and the closure of existing level crossing and formal diversion of public footpath No 5 - Weeley, over the new railway bridge.
Councillor V. Guglielmi had earlier declared a personal interest in respect of Planning Application 19/00524/OUT insofar as she was a trustee of the Lawford Housing Trust, as was Mr Stephen Rose, the managing director of Rose Builders who were the developer of the application site but were not in fact the applicants.
The Committee recalled that this application was in most regards a resubmission of Planning Application 17/02162/OUT which was refused by this Council on 19 November 2018.
The Committee had before it the published Officer report containing the key planning issues, relevant planning policies, planning history, any response from consultees, written representations received and a recommendation of approval.
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1) Essex County Council has requested an additional planning condition be imposed to deliver enhancements to the Public Right of Way (PROW) network within the site to surface the footpaths.
2) Four further letters of representation had been received from Tendring Parish Council, a Local Resident, the Solicitors for the applicant and the Tendring Hundred Riding Club.
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Derek Stebbing, a local resident, spoke against the application.
Parish Councillor Mike Brown, representing Weeley Parish Council, spoke against the application.
Councillor Peter Harris, a local Ward Member, spoke against the application.
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Following a lengthy discussion by the Committee, it was moved by Councillor Alexander, seconded by Councillor McWilliams and RESOLVED that the Head of Planning (or equivalent authorised officer) be authorised to grant planning permission for the development, subject to:
Within 6 (six) months of the date of the Committee's resolution to approve, the completion of a legal agreement under the provisions of section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) dealing with the following matters:
· Affordable Housing – specific tenure and mix to be agreed at the reserved matter/s stage/s;
· Education – 2.1ha of land to accommodate a 2 form entry primary school and commensurate nursery; along with financial contributions towards: Primary Education for 84 places; Secondary Education for 84 places and secondary school transport;
· Healthcare – Financial contribution towards relocation costs for Thorpe Surgery (including its branch surgery at Kirby Cross);
· Public Open Space, equipped play areas and Ecology Land (for Slow Worms) – to be transferred to management company and laid out before transfer;
· Ecology (off site) – Financial contribution towards off-site ecological mitigation – to improve access within Weeleyhall Wood SSSI;
· Financial Contribution towards RAMS;
· Highways and Transport – A financial contribution towards off-site highway improvements. These improvements relate to the A133/B1033/services and Frating roundabouts as identified in the Tendring Local Plan Highways and Transportation Modelling work;
· Public Rights of Way (PRoW) – Footbridge to be constructed over the railway line and transferred to Network Rail on completion with a commuted sum for future maintenance, PRoW5 to be diverted away from existing level crossing via footbridge on completion.
· Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling, a scheme to surface any public right of way (PRoW) contained within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (LPA), or shall be submitted with the first reserved matters application for layout, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the LPA. The submitted scheme shall also include a phasing programme for the delivery of the improvement works. The pathways shall thereafter be upgraded to the agreed surfacing specification in accordance with the approved programme of delivery unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Conditions and Reasons;
1. Application for approval of the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
Reason: To comply with the requirements of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
2. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved.
3. No development shall be commenced until plans and particulars of "the reserved matters" referred to in the above conditions relating to the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale have been submitted to and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.
Reason - The application as submitted does not provide sufficient particulars for consideration of these details.
4. Prior to submission of the first Reserved Matters application, a layout and phasing plan/programme to include details of market and affordable housing provision, employment provision, identification of the physical extent of each proposed phase of development, the layout and an indicative timescale for implementation of each phase, shall be submitted to and agreed, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason – To ensure a satisfactory development programme in the interests of the occupiers of the development and in terms of local amenity.
5. The maximum number of dwellings to be contained in the development shall be 280 and the amount of employment land shall not exceed 1 hectare and the B1 office space shall not exceed 3000 sqm.
Reason – To ensure compliance with the description of development hereby approved.
6. Prior to occupation of the proposed development, the Developer shall be responsible for the provision and implementation of a Residential Travel Information Pack for sustainable transport approved by Essex county Council, to include six one day travel vouchers for use with the relevant local public transport operator.
Reason – In the interests of reducing the need to travel by car and promoting sustainable development and transport.
7. Prior to occupation of the development, vehicular parking and turning facilities in accordance with current policy standards shall be provided for all dwellings, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. They shall be constructed, surfaced and maintained free from obstruction within the site at all times for that sole purpose. Any vehicular hardstanding shall have minimum dimensions of 2.9 metres x 5.5 metres for each individual parking space, retained in perpetuity.
Reason – To ensure that vehicles can enter and leave highway in a forward gear in the interest of highway safety and to ensure adequate space for parking off the highway is provided in the interest of highway safety.
8. There shall be no discharge of surface water onto the Highway.
Reason – To prevent hazards caused by water flowing onto the highway and to avoid the formation of ice on the highway in the interest of highway safety.
9. No development shall take place before an Environmental Construction Management
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and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. Works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved method statement. Details submitted in respect of the method statement, incorporated on a plan, shall provide for wheel cleaning facilities during the excavation, site preparation and construction stages of the development to prevent the deposition of mud or other debris onto the highway network/public areas. The method statement shall also include details of safe access to/from the site, the parking and turning of vehicles of site operatives and visitors, loading and unloading of plant and materials, delivery and construction working hours, dust suppression strategy, routing of delivery vehicles, measures to control noise and lighting, the provision of a means of storage and/or delivery for all plant, site huts, site facilities and materials, means of safeguarding the public right of way during construction, the erection and maintenance of security hoarding, a scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from construction, and temporary traffic management/signage.
Reason - To ensure that development is carried out in a controlled manner in the interests of highway safety, while minimising impacts on the surrounding residential properties and the natural environment.
10. No development shall take place until details of surface water drainage have been submitted to and agreed, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority. No part of the development shall be first occupied or brought into use until the agreed method of surface water drainage has been fully installed and is available for use.
Reason - To minimise the risk of flooding.
11. Prior to construction above damp proof course, a scheme for on-site foul water drainage works, including connection point and discharge rate, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Prior to the occupation of any phase, the foul water drainage works relating to that phase must have been carried out in complete accordance with the approved scheme.
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12. No works shall take place until a scheme to minimise the risk of offsite flooding caused by surface water run-off and groundwater during construction works and prevent pollution has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall subsequently be implemented as approved.
Reason - To ensure development does not increase flood risk elsewhere and does
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13. No development shall take place until a Maintenance Plan detailing the maintenance arrangements including who is responsible for different elements of the surface water drainage system and the maintenance activities/frequencies, has been submitted to and agreed, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason – To ensure appropriate maintenance arrangements are put in place to enable the surface water drainage system to function as intended to ensure mitigation against flood risk.
14. The applicant or any successor in title must maintain yearly logs of maintenance which should be carried out in accordance with any approved Maintenance Plan. These must be available for inspection upon a request by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason - To ensure the SuDS are maintained for the lifetime of the development as outlined in any approved Maintenance Plan so that they continue to function as intended to ensure mitigation against flood risk.
15. No development shall take place within the application site until the applicant or developer has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted to and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the scheme so approved.
Reason – To allow for proper investigation and recording of the site, which is potentially of archaeological and historic significance.
16. Prior to the commencement of any work a full method statement in respect of piling works shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, this will contain a rationale for the piling method chosen and details of the techniques to be employed which minimise noise and vibration to nearby residents.
Reason - In the interests of residential amenity.
17. Other than for lighting within the public highways, each reserved matters application shall be accompanied by details of external lighting which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The external lighting strategy shall consider how the use of such lighting will avoid, or minimse, harm caused by light pollution and the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme.
Reason - To ensure that new external lighting of the development is not harmful to
biodiversity or local amenity.
18. Prior to commencement of any phase of development, details of all refuse/recycling storage and collection points required to serve that phase of development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Each refuse/recycling storage and collection point so approved shall be provided prior to first occupation of any dwelling to which it relates and shall be retained thereafter as approved.
Reason – To ensure a satisfactory development in terms of appearance and functionality in the interests of amenity.
19. Each Reserved Matters application shall incorporate a detailed scheme of hard and soft landscaping works, which shall include any proposed changes in ground levels and also accurately identify spread, girth and species of all existing trees, shrubs and hedgerows on the site and indicate any to be retained, together with measures for their protection which shall comply with the recommendations set out in the British Standards Institute publication 2BS 5837: 2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction.
Reason – In the interests of visual amenity and character of the area.
20. All trees and hedges identified to be retained, shall be protected in accordance with the recommendations set out in the British Standards Institute publication "BS 5837: 2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction. The protective fences shall be retained throughout the duration of building and engineering works in the vicinity of the trees to be protected. Any trees dying or becoming severely damaged as a result of any failure to comply with these requirements shall be replaced with trees of appropriate size and species during the first planting season, or in accordance with such other arrangement as may be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority, following the death of, or severe damage to the trees.
Reason - In the interests of visual amenity and the character of the area.
21. No phase of development shall commence until precise details of the manufacturer and types and colours of the external facing and roofing materials to be used in the construction of that phase have been submitted to and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority. Such materials so approved shall be those used in that particular phase of development.
Reason – To ensure a satisfactory development in relation to external appearance.
22. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the mitigation measures set out in the Ecological Impact Assessment; Barn Owl Mitigation Report; Bat Activity Survey; Breeding Bird Survey; Reptile Survey and Outline Mitigation Strategy, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason – To ensure the proposal does not adversely affect any protected species and to enhance the biodiversity of the site.
23. Prior to the commencement of any above ground works a Landscape and Ecology Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Plan shall specify how areas of green space are to be managed, including measures to create habitats as well as general biodiversity enhancements and safeguarding of protected species.
Reason – To ensure the areas of green space are appropriately managed and to encourage biodiversity on the site.
24. No occupation of the development, or specific phase of development in accordance with Condition 4, shall take place until the following have been completed, as necessary for each phase, in accordance with details that shall have been completed, as necessary for each phase, in accordance with details that shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority:
· Barleyfields carriageway to be widened to 6.75 metres, including 1 x 3 metre footway, and 1 x 2 metre footway to continue into the site;
· Right-turn lane into Barleyfields for traffic approaching from the west to be a minimum width of 3.5 metres with running lanes of 3 metres in both directions, including lane markings and hatching, as shown in principle on drawing no. 161890-002 Rev B;
· A pedestrian refuge island to be provided to the west of Barleyfields access road with pedestrian tactile as shown in principle on drawing no. 161890-002 Rev B;
· The existing footway along the site frontage to be widened to 3 metres minimum as shown in principle on drawing no. 161890-002 Revision B;
· Adjustments to carriageway width to the east of Crow Lane and removal of the layby, to include kerbing, adjustments to levels and carriageway construction.
vi). Right-turn lane into Crow Lane approaching from the east to be a minimum width of 3.5 metres with running lanes of 3 metres in both directions, including lane markings and hatching, as shown in principle on drawing no. 161890-002 Rev B;
· Homestead access constructed appropriate kerb radii, including dropped kerb to facilitate pedestrian crossing;
· Right-turn lane into Homestead approaching from the east to be a minimum width of 3.5 metres with running lanes of 3 metres in both directions, including lane markings and hatching, as shown in principle on drawing no. 161890-002 Rev B.
No dwelling within the development or phase of development, shall be first occupied until such time as all facilities identified above, as necessary for each phase, have been provided in accordance with details so approved.
Reason – To protect highway efficiency of movement and safety and to enable satisfactory access to the site by pedestrians, bicycles, public transport and motorised vehicles.
25. Prior to commencement of any phase of development, details of cycle storage required to serve each dwelling within that phase of development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. All cycle storage so approved shall be provided prior to first occupation of the dwelling to which it relates and shall be retained thereafter as approved.
Reason – To ensure a satisfactory development in terms of appearance and functionality and sustainability, so that cycling is encouraged as a sustainable means of transport.
26. Each Reserved Matters application shall include precise details of the provision, siting, design and materials of screen walls and fences. The approved screen walls and fences shall be erected prior to the dwellings to which they relate being first occupied and thereafter be retained in the approved form.
Reason – To protect the amenities and privacy of occupiers of adjoining properties and in the interests of visual amenity.
27. As part of the first Reserved Matters application, details of any conversion of redundant listed buildings and/or demolition of non-curtilage listed buildings shall be submitted to and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason – To protect the special character and setting of the listed building(s).
28. Prior to commencement of any phase of development, details of existing and proposed levels of the site, finished floor levels and identifying all areas of cut or fill, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be completed in accordance with the agreed scheme.
Reason – To protect existing vegetation and to protect the amenities and privacy of adjoining properties and in the interests of visual amenity.
29. Prior to commencement of any phase of development the precise location and specification (to include wooden shelters, raised kerbs, flag and timetable frames) of two new bus stops located to the east of Barleyfield's access on either side of Thorpe Road shall be submitted to and agreed, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the Local Highway Authority. The approved bus stops shall be provided prior to occupation of any dwelling and thereafter be retained in the approved form.
Reason - To ensure a satisfactory development in terms of appearance and functionality and sustainability, so that bus usage is encouraged as a sustainable means of transport.
30. The site access to Crow Lane as shown in principle on the planning application drawings shall include but not be limited to a visibility splay with dimensions of 2.4 metres by 75 metres to the west and 2.4 metres by 75 metres to the east, as measured from and along the nearside edge of the carriageway. Such vehicular visibility splays shall be retained free of any obstruction at all times.
Reason – To protect highway efficiency of movement and safety.
31. The site access to Barleyfields as shown in principle on the planning application drawings shall include but not be limited to a visibility splay with dimensions of 2.4 metres by 66 metres to the west and 2.4 metres by 66 metres to the east, as measured from and along the nearside edge of the carriageway. Such vehicular visibility splays shall be retained free of any obstruction at all times.
32. The site access to Homestead as shown in principle on the planning application drawings shall include but not be limited to a visibility splay with dimensions of 2.4 metres by 75 metres to the west and 2.4 metres by 75 metres to the east, as measured from and along the nearside edge of the carriageway. Such vehicular visibility splays shall be retained free of any obstruction at all times.
Reason - To protect highway efficiency of movement and safety.
33. A new gateway traffic calming feature(s) shall be provided on the approaches to Weeley on the B1033 to enhance the existing 30mph speed limits, scheme details to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and implemented prior to first occupation.
34. Prior to commencement of any phase of development, a soil survey of the site shall be undertaken and the results provided to the Local Planning Authority. The survey shall be taken at such points and to such depth as the Local Planning Authority may stipulate. Where contamination is identified, a scheme for decontamination of the site shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing and the scheme as approved shall be fully implemented and completed before any dwelling hereby permitted is first occupied.
Reason – To ensure that any contamination is identified and addressed in the interests of the health and safety of site operatives during the construction phases and the future occupiers of the development.
35. Details of acoustic measures to minimise noise disturbance to occupiers of dwellings in close proximity to the existing railway line shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority prior to commencement of development or if phased that part of the site closest to the railway. The agreed acoustic measures shall be fully implemented and completed before the dwellings identified for this mitigation are first occupied.
Reason – To protect the amenities of future occupiers.
36. Prior to commencement of any above ground works a scheme for the on-site mitigation of the recreational impact of the development on protected Essex Coast European sites shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This mitigation scheme shall comprise;
a) a circular walking route; dog off lead area; dog waste bins; and residents' information
leaflets;
b) full details of the long-term maintenance and management of the green space;
c) a program for implementation
Development shall be undertaken in strict accordance with the approved mitigation scheme and program and thereafter managed and retained as approved. Any approved information leaflet shall be included within the new residents welcome pack to every dwelling.
Reason - To encourage the future residents to remain on-site for day to day recreation/dog walking, so as to minimise pressures upon Hamford Water SPA and Ramsar, Colne Estuary SPA and Ramsar, Blackwater Estuary SPA and Ramsar, Dengie SPA and Ramsar, and Essex Estuaries SAC, Hamford Water SPA and Ramsar site, pursuant to the emerging Essex Coast Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy.
37. The hereby permitted development shall not be occupied until a fibre optic broadband connection installed on an open access basis and directly accessed from the nearest exchange, incorporating the use of resistant tubing, has been installed at the site, in accordance with details that shall be submitted and approved, in writing, by the Local Planning Authority. If the applicant is unable to achieve this standard of connection, and can evidence through consultation that it would not be possible, practical or economically viable an alternative superfast (i.e. will provide speeds greater than 24mbps) wireless service will be considered acceptable.
Reason – To ensure the development is able to be equipped with high speed broadband to enable opportunities for web-based communication and homeworking.
38. Prior to commencement or at a later date agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the applicants shall submit to the Local Planning Authority, in writing, a Local Recruitment Strategy to include details of how the applicant/developer shall use their reasonable endeavours to promote and encourage the recruitment of employees and other staff in the locality of the application site, for the construction of the development and for the uses of the development thereafter. The approved Local Recruitment Strategy shall be adhered to therein after.
Reason – To promote and encourage the recruitment of employees and other staff in the locality of the application site.
39.Prior to the first occupation of any dwelling, a scheme to surface any public right of way (PRoW) contained within the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (LPA), or shall be submitted with the first reserved matters application for layout, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the LPA. The submitted scheme shall also include a phasing programme for the delivery of the improvement works. The pathways shall thereafter be upgraded to the agreed surfacing specification in accordance with the approved programme of delivery unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Reason – To ensure existing footpaths across the application site are adequately upgraded to address the increased footfall from the development.
Informatives;
1. All housing developments in Essex which would result in the creation of a new street (more than five dwelling units communally served by a single all-purpose access) will be subject to The Advance Payments Code, Highways Act, 1980. The Developer will be served with an appropriate Notice within 6 weeks of building regulations approval being granted and prior to the commencement of any development must provide guaranteed deposits which will ensure that the new street is constructed in accordance with acceptable specification sufficient to ensure future maintenance as a public highway.
2. The Local Highway Authority cannot accept any liability for costs associated with a developer's improvement. This includes design check safety audits, site supervision, commuted sums for maintenance and any potential claims under Part 1 and Part 2 of the Land Compensation Act 1973. To protect the Highway Authority against such compensation claims a cash deposit or bond may be required.
3. The Public Right of Way network is protected by the Highways Act 1980. Any unauthorized interference with any route noted on the Definitive Map of PROW is considered to be a breach of this legislation. The public's rights and ease of passage over public footpaths 3, 4 and 5 (Weeley) shall be maintained free and unobstructed at all times to ensure the continued safe passage of the public on the definitive right of way.
4. The granting of planning permission does not automatically allow development to commence. In the event of works affecting the highway, none shall be permitted to commence until such time as they have been fully agreed with this Authority. In the interests of highway user safety this may involve the applicant requesting a temporary closure of the definitive route using powers included in the aforementioned Act. All costs associated with this shall be borne by the applicant and any damage caused to the route shall be rectified by the applicant within the timescale of the closure.
5. Any signal equipment/structures/non-standard materials/trees/public rights of way through the site proposed within the existing extent of the public highway or areas to be offered to the Highway Authority for adoption as public highway, will require a contribution (commuted sum) to cover the cost of future maintenance for a period of 15 years following construction.
6. All work within or affecting the highway is to be laid out and constructed by prior arrangement with and to the requirements and specifications of the Highway Authority; all details shall be agreed before the commencement of works.
The applicants should be advised to contact the Development Management Teamby email at development.management@essexhighways.org or by post to:
SMO1 – Essex Highways
Colchester Highways Depot,
653 The Crescent,
CO4 9YQ
7. The application is the subject of a legal agreement and this decision should only be read in conjunction with this agreement.
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ll the people of the earth spoke one language; and as they travelled westward, they found a broad valley in the land of Babylonia, and made their home there.
Then they said one to another, "Come, let us make bricks and thoroughly bake them." So they had bricks for stone and asphalt for mortar. And they said, "Come, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top will touch the heavens, and thus make a landmark, that we may not be scattered over all the earth."
But when Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower men had built, he said, "See, they are one people and all have one language. This is but the beginning, and now nothing which they plan to do will seem too difficult for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language, that they may not understand one another."
So Jehovah scattered them from there over all the earth; and they stopped building the city. Therefore they named it Babel, which means Confusion, for there Jehovah confused the language of all the people on the earth and scattered them over the whole world.


I magine a world in which multiple dealers instantaneously bid on $10 million of Treasuries via computer. Then stretch your imagination even farther and see an investor picking the best price and executing a trade with the stroke of a computer key.
Well, wake up. That day is here. A number of electronic trading systems have either recently been launched or are in development to create a virtual electronic marketplace for bonds. This is big stuff for bond geeks. Remember, unlike stocks, bonds don't trade on an exchange. There is no centralized location to buy or sell, such as the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq provides for the stock world.
Instead, bond trading has remained a very people-intensive, secrecy-shrouded business. Investors pick up the phone to talk to their Wall Street salesperson, who shouts across the room to the trader to get a price on a Treasury bond. Not very technical. And when a trade is done a firm may turn around and buy or sell securities from an inter-dealer broker who talks to all the dealers, also mostly by phone.
This is great for the phone companies and it gives salespeople something to do, but institutional investors are demanding more efficiency, and the Wall Street firms finally seem to realize that electronic trading is inevitable and may save them money.
In recent years, some of the largest Wall Street dealers have offered direct electronic feeds to their best institutional clients. For example, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell each have their own systems that feed prices on Treasuries to top clients. The firms will trade with their clients over their dedicated systems. This is electronic, but it's far from competitive.
But now get ready to leap ahead. The new electronic systems being developed could foster competition with multiple dealers offering bids on securities. And the process remains fast while potentially cutting costs and head counts at Wall Street firms.
"The dedicated Treasury salesman is a dinosaur. I think you're going to have smaller sales forces at all of the dealers," says Gerald Thunelius, a senior portfolio manager at Dreyfus Corp.
This January TradeWeb began testing what may be the first electronic bond market open to institutional investors. Investors can get competitive bids on Treasuries from Credit Suisse First Boston , Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Salomon Smith Barney and execute trades electronically over the Internet or on direct feeds. Not surprisingly, those four firms ponied up the cash to create TradeWeb.
On a computer screen, TradeWeb compiles the top, live prices at which the dealers will buy or sell Treasuries. The investor then fills out a ticket on the computer indicating how many Treasuries he or she wants to buy or sell. Within seconds, the dealers respond with their offers and the investor can either pick the dealer with the best level and execute the trade over the computer or choose to do nothing.
"The revolutionary part of this is that with one system you can contact four dealers. It has been a lay-up to sell to customers," said Jim Toffey, president and CEO at TradeWeb. TradeWeb kicked off with 12 of the top institutional investors of these four investment banks. The group has traded only about $1 billion a day, a minimal volume, but it has executed trades as large as $100 million. Now the upstart is showing the product to 100 new investors. Within two months, TradeWeb will start talking to other dealers who may be interested in joining the system as well.
O f course, if bonds are around, you know Michael Bloomberg and his terminals can't be far behind. And indeed, the Bloomberg organization is developing its own system that it hopes will get rolled out by midsummer, according to Lou Eccleston, director of sales and marketing at the firm. They envision a system with some subtle but important differences.
In Bloomberg's world, an investor will see a screen that lists a dealer with the best price offered to buy or sell a specified amount of a specific Treasury issue. An investor would simply have to click on the screen to execute the trade and could remain anonymous to the dealer community. With this system, dealers have to be ready to execute trades at levels that are on the screen and investors will not have to divulge their identity to dealers, as they must with TradeWeb.
Both systems have their pros and cons. For example, some of the charters of some retirement accounts or insurance companies require portfolio managers to get bids from three or four dealers to ensure the best price possible. That can happen quickly with TradeWeb. But Thunelius of Dreyfus doesn't like the idea of revealing his identity to the market when buying or selling. Dealers may use that information to move the market to different levels before a transaction can occur.
Conversely, sometimes dealers will offer better prices to important customers. So top clients may prefer TradeWeb.
Most people believe numerous systems will survive in this rapidly developing electronic bond marketplace. What will be interesting to watch is whether electronic markets can be successfully applied to other products, like mortgages and corporate bonds. Those bonds often have complex structures or credit stories, where an investor may prefer talking to a salesman who can answer questions. They're not as commoditized as Treasuries.
However, many corporate bonds of high credit quality are considered to be relatively simple. And Bloomberg hopes to get its corporate bond trading system up and running by the fourth quarter. Likewise, LIMITrader is another group trying to get started in the next two to three months to trade corporate bonds.
And Bank of New York in August bought BondNet, a system that is used to trade corporates primarily among dealers and brokers. However, there have been some bumps along the way. InterVest Financial Services recently closed shop after trying to offer an electronic market because of lack of capital and acceptance.
Looking even farther down the road, if these systems do take off, there's nothing to say companies that want to sell debt directly to investors -- bypassing Wall Street brokerage houses -- couldn't do so over these systems. Right now some large companies sell commercial paper directly to institutional investors, bypassing investment banks. There's no reason they couldn't do so with small offerings of medium-term notes, for example.
I magine a world in which multiple dealers instantaneously bid on $10 million of Treasuries via computer.


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Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Asia Pacific Series arrives in New Zealand in 2018
Ferrari today announced that its Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Asia Pacific Series will take place on New Zealand's iconic Hampton Downs circuit in April 2018.
The four-day race schedule will run from 12 to 15 April and incorporate the open-to-the-public 'Ferrari Festival' in Auckland over the weekend of 14 and 15 April 2018.
"Ferrari has a longstanding history with motor racing in New Zealand, and some of our most committed corse clienti race drivers hail from here," said Louis Colmache, Head of Corse Clienti, Asia Pacific "We are thrilled to announce that the inaugural New Zealand Ferrari Challenge Series races will take place here in Auckland in 2018. It is with great pleasure that we will be able to offer our growing numbers of Ferrari clients the opportunity to drive the iconic Hampton Downs circuit for the themselves. We encourage all Ferrari owners to take up the opportunity to get involved in racing with Ferrari and all of New Zealand's Ferrari fans to come and support our exciting racing series during the Ferrari Festival in 2018.
Ferrari Challenge is the widest ranging and most envied one-make client racing series in the world. The FIA approved series was established in 1993. There are three series: Europe, which is the oldest, North America and Asia-Pacific, with each series taking place in separate continents.
The Asia Pacific series will open at Melbourne's iconic Albert Park Circuit in support of the Formula 1 Australia Grand Prix on 22-25 March, followed by Hampton Downs in New Zealand from 12-15 April. The official race schedule also includes other Formula 1 race tracks like Shanghai International Circuit, Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit. In September, Ferrari Challenge returns to Singapore once again in support of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, thereafter converging at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy for Finali Mondiali (World Finals) from 1st – 4th November, where the Asia Pacific race drivers will join drivers from the Europe and North America Series for the traditional end-of-season celebrations.
"New Zealand is home to some of the most passionate Ferrari owners and drivers in the world," explained Herbert Appleroth, CEO, Ferrari Australasia. "We are excited to be able to now offer our clients the opportunity to experience the thrill of racing with Ferrari on some of the most iconic race tracks in the world, including Auckland's iconic Hampton Downs circuit in New Zealand. We encourage all of New Zealand's Ferrari fans to join us for the celebrations."
Clients and fans will see the Ferrari 488 Challenge car in action during the races. The 488 Challenge is the first ever turbo-charged model to race and is the most powerful Challenge car ever, powered by the 670 cv 3.9-litre V8 derived from the series production engine that took the overall 2016 & 2017 International Engine of the Year Award.
Ferrari is extending an invitation for fans to join Ferrari's celebrations for this open to the public event. A spectacular array of classic and modern Ferrari models and special edition cars will be on display for the public to enjoy. The day will also include face-painting, Ferrari giveaways, and other family-friendly entertainment.
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Asia Pacific Series 2018 Schedule
Round 1 March 22 – 25 Melbourne, Australia (Formula 1 GP)
Round 2 April 12 – 15, Hampton Downs, New Zealand
Round 3 May 24 – 27, Shanghai, China (Ferrari Racing Days)
Round 4 June 28 – July 1 Fuji, Japan (Ferrari Racing Days)
Round 5 August 23-25 Suzuka, Japan
Round 6 September 14-16 Singapore Marina (Formula 1 GP)
Round 7 November 1 – 4 Monza, Italy (Finali Mondiali)
Art Dept March 16, 2018
Who's who of motrcycling at the Mike Pero Motofest
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AUBURN, Ala. – The honors continue to roll in for Auburn freshmen Tanner Burns, Edouard Julien and Steven Williams, who have been named Freshman All-Americans by Baseball America Wednesday morning.
Burns and Julien were named to the first team, while Williams earned second-team recognition. The Tigers three honorees are the most of any team in the country. Julien has now been named a Freshman All-American by five publications, and Burns and Williams have picked up the honors on four occasions.
Burns started the season in the weekend rotation and capped off his freshman year with a 7-4 record and team-best 3.01 ERA, good for sixth in the Southeastern Conference. The Decatur, Alabama, native who was named the 2017 Collegiate Baseball National High School Player of the Year, ranked second on the team with 77 strikeouts, marking the second most by an Auburn freshman since 1998, and 86.2 innings pitched. In his last four starts, three of which came in postseason play, Burns went 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA and pitched 6.0 or more innings in each appearance.
Julien turned in one of the best freshman seasons from the plate in program history as he led the team with 17 home runs and 69 RBIs, which broke former Auburn great and National Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas' freshman program record. His 69 RBIs were also good for the SEC lead and were tops among all freshmen nationally. Additionally, his 17 home runs were tied for the second most among freshmen nationally, third most by an Auburn freshman in program history and sixth most in the league.
Williams totaled 12 home runs and 51 RBI this season, ranking tied for second and third on the team, respectively, in the categories. His 12 home runs are the fourth most by an Auburn freshman in program history, and his 51 RBI are the sixth most. After beginning his Auburn career with a home run in his first collegiate at-bat and totaling seven RBI in his debut, Williams turned in a .291 batting average and led the team with a .409 on-base percentage. Williams also finished the season second on the team in runs (54) and fourth in hits (71).


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Europe's Largest Nuclear Power Plant on Fire After Shelling
A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about President Vladimir V. Putin's war plans or intentions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Andrei Gorshkov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian forces shelled Europe's largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire as they pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing Ukrainian city and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea.
The world's leading nuclear authorities saw no immediate cause for alarm about damage to the facility, but the assault triggered a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the U.S. Department of Energy activated its nuclear incident response team as a precaution.
The attack on the eastern city of Enerhodar and its Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant unfolded as the invasion entered its second week and another round of talks between the two sides yielded a tentative agreement to set up safe corridors to evacuate citizens and deliver humanitarian aid.
Nuclear plant spokesman Andriy Tuz told Ukrainian television that shells were falling directly on the facility and had set fire to one of its six reactors. That reactor is under renovation and not operating, but there is nuclear fuel inside, he said.
Firefighters cannot get near the flames because they are being shot at, he said, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted a plea to the Russians to stop the assault and allow fire teams inside.
"We demand that they stop the heavy weapons fire," Tuz said in a video statement. "There is a real threat of nuclear danger in the biggest atomic energy station in Europe."
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Turkey has been hit by four terrorist attacks since the start of 2016, with the latest happening just days ago. Whether the perpetrators are the independent Kurdish militias or the extremists of the Islamic State, the country, at the border between Europe and the tumultuous Middle East, has been torn by an internal conflict for months. The political, economic and social situation is conditioned by the presence of millions of refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq for European coasts. Ankara's management of the migratory flows exacerbates relations with Brussels and with the international community. The agreement reached on March 17 aims to stop hundreds of people heading to Greece through the Aegean sea. For every illegal migrant sent back to Turkey from Europe, the Union will host a legal refugee now living in Turkey. Besides that, Turkey will be granteed €6 billion – €3 billion in addition to those already obtained with the November agreement – and the abolition of the Schengen visa. Oasis collected the analysis of several experts and observers about the challenges the country is facing in this delicate situation.
In the first period of the war in Syria, Ankara assumed that the conflict would not last more than a few weeks and that, after some time as 'guests', the Syrians would be able to return to their homes, bringing with them a renewed appreciation and gratitude for Erdoğan. "This," ambassador Scarante said, "was the most dramatic political error in Turkish recent history." In fact, it has been five years that "the flow of refugees has been in constant growth, reaching unthinkable figures and generating unmanageable conditions.
Gürsel identifies two Kurdish issues in Turkey: an internal one and an external one. The internal issue concerns the war in the southeast of the country against Kurdish militias, which involves terrorist attacks with increasing frequency, even in other parts of the country; the second on the other hand, is fought in northern Syria against Syrian Kurds. "The internal issue involves the military PKK movement, which is at war with the Ankara regime and considered a terrorist organization by the international community." Since July 2015, the Kurds have been represented in the Turkish Parliament through the HDP party, whose main objective was that of being recognized as a party to all effects, becoming a full part of political life; however, after the terrorist attacks that hit Turkey in autumn 2015, the HDP was accused by the government for supporting PKK terrorists. On the other hand, the external Kurdish issue, Gürsel said, "concerns the Syrian Kurdish party, PYD, and its armed branch, the YPG, which, contrary to their Turkish counterparts, have no interest in opposing Erdoğan. While Ankara makes no distinctions between the two, considering both of them to be terrorist groups, the international community supports the Syrian Kurds, which constitute the front line in the war against the Islamic State." This situation further complicated on March 17, when the Syrian Kurds declared the Democratic Federal System for Rojava - Northern Syria, an autonomous territory.
There is a significant difference of interests between Turkey and the international community: Turkey's priority is to obstruct the consolidation of the independent Kurdistan on its borders, while the international community's priority is defeating the Islamic State, considering the Kurds a crucial force. According to Kerim Balcı, the Akp government and the Kurdish militias in Turkey "missed an opportunity. They found themselves, for once, with a common enemy — the Islamic State — to ally against, but they were unable to do it." The current situation, filtered by the censorship of media, involved a veritable internal guerrilla war, complete with a curfew and killing of civilians in the regions bordering Syria, and three terrorist attacks in Turkish cities since the beginning of the year.
If Erdoğan's goal is to impede an independent Kurdistan, then the tolerance towards the Islamic State is easy to explain. Gürsel believes that "the Ankara regime is the primary guilty partner of the exportation of Isis in Turkey, because of poor security along the borders. Turning a blind eye to entries in the country has allowed for the creation of jihad highway, making the Islamic State a true domestic threat. The government should stop the jihadists that use our country as a base." Numerous Turkish journalists that were not afraid to condemn the leniency of the Akp against Isis, and denouncing the violence in the southeast of the country, were arrested in recent months.
Due to the war in Syria, Turkish foreign policy took a significant change of course. According to Balcı, "currently, Turkish foreign policy and involvement in Syria are directly influenced by Saudi Arabia and by the Gulf countries. The recent tension with Russia did nothing but accentuate the alliance with the Gulf States, politically and economically. It would be no surprise," said the journalist, "if Turkey were to reopen its relationship with Egypt in the coming months due to its alignment with Saudi policy." Even the decision to intervene militarily on the Syrian territory, however still in question, is strongly supported by Saudi Arabia's Sunni leadership.
Turkey is increasingly isolated. "Given our geopolitical position, we could have acted as mediators," Balcı affirms with regret, "but the government decided to take sides" and Turkey is currently facing a complex and ambiguous situation, in the throes of the authoritarianism of its government and with the fate of millions of refugees and, maybe, Europe in its hands.


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3.2 Expert Board Evaluation
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Expert Board Evaluation & Input
The use of the External Board Input and Expert Board Evaluation evolved during the changes in the workshop structures, which places on expert per workshop. This way the contents of the work packages 3.2 and 3.3 conglomerate with one another.
At this point of the time the external expert board consists of three experts from transdisciplinary scientific fields such as Political Studies, Media Ethics and Social Change. In doing so, they provide external views to the project partners in terms of a quality control tool. The regular qualitative feedbacks are planned as 6 reports, twice by every expert, three times per project year. In order to deliver the reports, the external experts get access to all project reporting and can even visit partners – at the end of the project a final audit is scheduled. Their expertise is essential to the quality plan, since the experts are able to broaden the partner's understanding of their work on a societal level of wider objectives.
Anton Pelinka (AT) – Political Studies
Prof. em. University of Innsbruck, now professor for political sciences and studies on nationalism at the Central European University Budapest, published relevant books and research reports on democratization and socio-political development. Anton Pelinka visited the MEDLIT partners during the TtF Workshop Media Emancipation in Vienna, May 2017.
Ibrahim Saleh (EG) – Social Change
Associate Prof. at Nile University in Egypt, after having taught at the American University of Cairo and the Centre for Film and Media Studies in Cape Town, has visited the partners as an expert in the field of communication and media studies during the Higher Education Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, November 2016.
Aidan White (UK) – Media Ethics
Long time Secretary General of European Journalism Association, now director of EJN (Ethical Journalism Network) Brussels, a worldwide network of media-related and ethics-related organizations, NGO's, institutions. He is an international and well-known expert, involved in ethical councils and centres for media excellence and quality.
Tom Law (UK) – Media Ethics
Director of Campaigns and Communications at the EJN (Ethical Journalism Network) since 2015, former freelance journalist specialised in the coverage of Sudan and South Sudan, associate editor of Sudan Tribune and Head of Communications of Childreach International. Tom Law has visited the MEDLIT partners as an expert in media and journalism ethics during the TtF Workshop ICT & Social Change in Bangkok, October 2017.
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