Illustrative Masterplan (overall site), Feb 2009
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Illustrative Masterplan (Renewable Energy Village), Feb 2009 (click to enlarge)

Illustrative Master Plan - Land Use Version, Oct 2007
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Illustrative Master Plan - Hillside & Quarries, Oct 2007
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Artist's Impression of the Renewable Energy Village, Oct 2007
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Illustrative Master Plan - Land Use Version, Dec 2006
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Illustrative Master Plan - Hillside & Quarries, Dec 2006
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Aerial view - looking north west, Dec 2006
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Indicative perspective - looking south, Dec 2006
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Previous Version of the Master Plan 2005
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An early artist's Impression of the Renewable Energy Village
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The 3D Model based on the 2006 Master Plan
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The 3D Model as used in the 2006 public consultation exercise
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Chateau Beaumont’s Peter Smith (left) with Weardale Taskforce’s John Topliss on the Eastgate site where plans for a new residential learning centre have been put forward.
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Chateau Beaumont’s Peter Smith (right) with Weardale Taskforce’s John Topliss on the Eastgate site where plans for a new residential learning centre have been put forward.
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John Topliss (One North East and Weardale Task Force)
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Weardale Taskforce partners Llyod McInally (Lafarge Cement), John Topliss (One North East), Sue Dawson (Wear Valley District Council) and Anne Magee (Durham City Council)
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New expertise: (l-r) David Lock Associates’ Jim Urwin, Llewelyn Davies Yeang’s Matt Verlander, Entec’s Paul Salmon and PB Power’s Daniel Dufton in 2007 are brought together to form the core of the team that subsequently prepared the application.
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The Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP visiting the Eastgate site recently, alongside Ivor Wilson (left) and Tony Nattrass
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Local TV interviewed John Topliss (One North East) at the launch of the updated Master Plan, Dec 2006
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John Topliss (One North East) on behalf of the Weardale Task Force at the launch of the updated Master Plan, Dec 2006
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Jim Urwin (David Lock Associates) explains the proposals to the local media, Dec 2006
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Local school children learn about the proposed design of the Renewable Energy Village, Dec 2006

Local school children visit the Renewable Energy Village model at Durham Dales Centre, Dec 2006

Jim Urwin (David Lock Associates) presents at the launch of the updated Master Plan, Dec 2006
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David White (left) and Austin Stenhouse of The Enterprise Agency, Bishop Auckland are working with local businesses to help them benefit from the Eastgate development
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Wayne Edy of inov-8 (left) plans to set up shop at Eastgate
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Phil Jinks of Weardale Fish Farms has big plans to set up his business at Eastgate

Weardale Task Force partners, Lloyd McInally (Lafarge), Anne Magee (Durham County Council), John Topliss (One North East), Sue Dawson (Wear Valley District Council), with Jim Urwin (David Lock Associates) (2006)
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Anne Magee (Durham County Council) and Sue Dawson (Wear Valley District Council) represent the Weardale Task Force (2006)
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Jim Urwin, David Lock Associates, Lloyd McInally, Lafarge, and John Topliss, One NorthEast
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Eastgate Renewable Energy Village could become a world class mountain biking destination

View looking south over the works and quarries (2003)
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The chimney was toppled in November 2005

A bore hole was drilled to a depth of 995 metres to discover geothermal hot water, 2004
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Experts from PB Power and Newcastle University confirmed the suspected 'Hot Rocks' in 2004
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Prof. David Manning and Prof. Paul Younger from University of Newcastle upon Tyne with John Hamilton OBE, Chairman of the Weardale Task Force and Daniel Dufton, PB Power Ltd
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View of the western quarry in 2003
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An aerial view of Eastgate in August 2003 (1)
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An aerial view of Eastgate in August 2003 (2)
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