Ian McEwan and others criticise UEA for 'thuggish' development plans.
Ian McEwan and Andrew Motion are among those opposed to The University of East Anglia’s (UEA) rugby and parking development on wildflower meadows.
A university with an international reputation for environmental science has been criticised by alumni including Ian McEwan and Andrew Motion for seeking to build a car park and rugby pitch on wildflower meadows. The University of East Anglia’s (UEA) plans have been branded “crude” and “thuggish” by McEwan, while Motion, the former poet laureate, said they were “scandalous” and “deeply destructive”.
The proposals will turn sports fields and wild grassland in the Yare valley, near Norwich, into parking for 218 cars, a floodlit artificial turf rugby pitch, a clubhouse and bar, and 30 further sports pitches.
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