Braintree District Council is continuing to urgently seek clarification from the Home Office regarding their potential plans to house asylum seekers at the former RAF Wethersfield airbase.
Braintree District Council is continuing to urgently seek clarification from the Home Office regarding their potential plans to house asylum seekers at the RAF Wethersfield airfield site.
We met with them again this week and they emphasised that no decision has yet been taken.
We have sought legal advice and have formally written to the Home Office to request full and detailed information as to the proposals, together with a request for copies of all relevant documentation. We await further details from the Home Office. In the meantime, the Council reserves all legal rights, including the ability to challenge the Home Office on their decision making and the Councils right to consider, all available legal remedies including its ability to seek an injunction.
We have continued to reiterate that we believe Wethersfield airfield to be an unsuitable site, and our concerns that due to the size of the site, the scale of the development proposed could have a significant adverse impact upon the local community.