Snoasis timeline:-

October 2002: Proposals for SnOasis unveiled.

During 2003: Widespread support for scheme from winter sports officials.

June 18 2004: Formal planning application lodged with Mid Suffolk Council.

July 2004: Consortium of parish councils set up to oppose development, appoint former county councillor John Williams as their spokesman.

November 2004: Application was due to be discussed by Mid Suffolk Council - put off until January 2005.

December 2004: Developers told application will not be discussed until the end of April 2005.

April 2006: Mid Suffolk Council's planning referral committee backs SnOasis

January 2007: Public inquiry into the SnOasis development begins

May 2007: Public inquiry is completed and public inspector John Gray sets about preparing his recommendation to government

May 2008: Government announces support for SnOasis but wants a series of issues to be addressed before final consent is granted

November 6, 2008: SnOasis gets go ahead