Then there will need to be constant lorry deliveries every day to run it.' 'The construction traffic alone to build two mega prisons will cause a traffic nightmare. We can barely cope with the traffic we have. 'Everyone knows that the roads around here are narrow and windy with pinch points where it is difficult for lorries to pass. There was sheer disbelief about the size and scale. 'People were left astonished that they would even think of doing something as big as this on the site. Mr MacKenzie said: 'We first heard about the plans in September 2021 and it has caused an outcry ever since. He added: 'Jamie Oliver will be aware as I am sure Jools will have mentioned it to him, but someone like him has got to be careful of his public profile. Mr Mackenzie said members of the SWAP group had talked to Jools Oliver about the plans. 'There will certainly be floodlights at the site so he will see the light illuminating the countryside. 'It is also possible that his home is in the line of sight of the prisons as the site is on a 300ft high plateau so he may have to put up with looking at them. Jamie Oliver would certainly experience that, along with everyone else. 'It means there is going to be traffic chaos if the prisons happen, both during the construction period and when they are up and running. 'The roads around here are all fairly narrow and there are choke points where lorries have difficult passing. I doubt that he is going to be very happy about it. 'It will turn life upside down for everyone, including him. 'There is no doubt that the building of two mega prisons on their doorstep will have a major effect on him. This is his family home up here and he is often out and about. He said: 'Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools are well known in the area. The MoJ is instead said to be concentrating on trying to get consent to build new prisons next to three exiting jails in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire.Ĭampaign group Stop Wethersfield Airfield Prison (SWAP) and Wethersfield Airfield Scrutiny Committee (WASC) have both raised concerns about the impact it will have on their villages and how viable it would be to build the giant prison in such a rural area.Īlan MacKenzie who chairs SWAP said local sources suggested that Home Office officials had visited the site to assess it, and that it might be used for refugees from this summer. Some locals have speculated that he may not want to be seen as a NIMBY (not in my back yard) protester, particularly in the light of his work employing ex-prisoners at his former Fifteen restaurants in London and Cornwall. Oliver is said to have been made aware of the prison plans, but has avoided making any public comment, despite Jools apparently being friends with some of the protesters. Since then, he has had to contend with a scheme to increase the number of beavers in the area in a bid to reduce flooding and plans to develop a new housing estate that other residents feared would blight their 'chocolate-box' village. He often films himself preparing dishes for his TV shows in the garden of the Grade One listed property, and has often posted pictures with his wife at their home. Houses in the village sell for an average price of £425,000, making it one of the most expensive in the entire country, with celebrity chef Oliver moving into a historic townhouse in the area with his wife Jools and their five children five years ago. Oliver and his family moved into a £6million mansion (pictured) with their five children several years agoįinchingfield brings in tourists from a afar who come to enjoy the small settlements laid back and historic buildings, which also served as the setting for BBC's Lovejoy series.
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