Plans to create more than 1,000 new jobs on Shoebury's New Ranges have been shelved, it is feared.

An ambitious scheme announced in March by the owners of the site, the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, to safeguard the future of the weapons' testing base will not now go ahead in the near future.

Plans included a 98 megawatt windfarm and a hydroponic or organic facility for fruit, vegetables and pharmaceuticals.

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Published Friday December 28, 2001