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Wethersfield
[ weth-erz-feeld ]
noun
- a town in central Connecticut.
Example Sentences
Wethersfield Airfield had been one of the earmarked sites, but was instead taken over by the Home Office and began accommodating asylum seekers in July last year.
The department had estimated it would cost £5m to convert RAF Wethersfield, in Essex, but so far it had spent £49m.
However, by January this year, fewer than 900 people were housed at the two currently in use - the Bibby Stockholm barge and the ex-RAF base at Wethersfield.
The NAO carried out an audit on the planned sites - the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset, former military sites at Scampton in Lincolnshire and Wethersfield in Essex, and ex-student accommodation in Huddersfield.
At the two-day hearing on 31 October and 1 November, lawyers representing two councils made complaints about ministers' use of emergency planning rules for MDP Wethersfield and RAF Scampton.
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