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{{short description|Non-profit organisation to stop the urbanisation of Norwich and surrounding areas}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox website | name = SNUB | logo = SNUBLogo.jpg | logo_size = 200px | screenshot = | caption = Official SNUB Website | url = {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120918041232/http://www.snubcampaign.org/ www.snubcampaign.org]}} | commercial = No | type = Information site | language = English | registration = None | owner = SNUB | author = SNUB | launch_date = 22 January 2010<ref>{{cite web | url=http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=snubcampaign.org&type=domain | title=WHOIS - snubcampaign.org | accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref> | current_status = Active | revenue = From Donations }} '''SNUB''' or '''Stop Norwich UrBanisation''' is a non-profit organisation based around Norwich, United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snubcampaign.org/about-us.html |title=SNUB – Stop Norwich UrBanisation – About Us |accessdate=21 February 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224064718/http://www.snubcampaign.org/about-us.html |archivedate=24 February 2010 }}</ref> whose aim is to stop the urbanisation of Norwich and its surrounding villages, such as Rackheath, Salhouse, Wroxham and Postwick.<ref name="snubcampaign.org">{{cite web | url=http://www.snubcampaign.org/chairmans-message.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304045600/http://www.snubcampaign.org/chairmans-message.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=4 March 2010 | title=SNUB – Stop Norwich UrBanisation – Chairman's Message | accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref>

The work of SNUB has received national coverage on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today programme <ref name="snubcampaign.org"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mztkq | title=Low Cost Housing Problems – Farming Today – BBC Radio 4 | access-date=21 February 2010}}</ref> and they have also received local coverage on television programmes such as BBC One's Politics Show,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/7877567.stm | title=Ecotowns – The Politics Show | access-date=21 February 2010 | publisher=BBC News | date=13 February 2009}}</ref> BBC One's Look East,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOKrEzSJk4w | title=SNUB Hosts Ecotown Meeting – Look East |website=YouTube | accessdate=21 February 2010}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref> ITV's Anglia Tonight<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2cXEtAjA7Q | title=Ecotown only Receives Partial Funding – Anglia Tonight |website=YouTube | accessdate=21 February 2010}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref> and a BBC One Norwich North By-Election Special;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXVzj7_0ysM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128233859/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXVzj7_0ysM |archive-date=2016-01-28 |url-status=dead| title=Ecotown Discussion - Look East Norwich North By-Election Special | website=YouTube | accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref> and in local newspapers, such as the Eastern Daily Press<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED18%20Sep%202009%2008:43:05:747 | title=Rackheath Villagers in Ecotown Protest – edp24.co.uk | accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref> and the Norwich Evening News.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=xNews&itemid=NOED19%20Feb%202010%2021:04:30:773 | title=Water Fears for Rackheath Ecotown – eveningnews24.co.uk | accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref>

In March 2012, after a successful legal challenge at the High Court, they announced that the actor Martin Shaw would become their official patron.<ref name="Martin Shaw to become SNUB patron">{{cite web | url=https://snubcampaign.blogspot.com/2012/03/martin-shaw-to-be-snub-patron.html | title=Martin Shaw to become SNUB patron | accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref> In a press release, he announced that he was "simply furious and upset by your plight and that of all of us who wish to live in quiet and peace. I will be your Patron and keep fighting".<ref name="Martin Shaw to become SNUB patron"/> __TOC__

==Rackheath Eco-town== {{Main|Rackheath Eco-town}}

SNUB have worked alongside some local residents in protesting against the proposed Rackheath Eco-town, as they claim the plans are flawed and will lead to massive overdevelopment of the area.<ref name="youtube.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snubcampaign.org/campaign-against-rackheath-eco-town.html |title=SNUB – Stop Norwich UrBanisation – Rackheath Ecotown |accessdate=21 February 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304045548/http://www.snubcampaign.org/campaign-against-rackheath-eco-town.html |archivedate=4 March 2010 }}</ref>

An official petition on the 10 Downing Street petitions website was created by SNUB, and had nearly 300 online signatures (as of June 2010),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://search.number-10.gov.uk/kbroker/number10/number10/search.lsim?ha=1157&sr=0&sf=&qt=rackheath&go=Go&nh=10&cs=iso-8859-1&sc=number10&sm=0&mt=1&to=0l | title=Petition to Abandon the Eco-community at Rackheath | accessdate=21 February 2010 | archive-date=8 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608025636/http://search.number-10.gov.uk/kbroker/number10/number10/search.lsim?ha=1157&sr=0&sf=&qt=rackheath&go=Go&nh=10&cs=iso-8859-1&sc=number10&sm=0&mt=1&to=0l | url-status=dead }}</ref> and a paper petition with over 3000 signatures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.snubcampaign.org/uploads/3/5/6/6/3566761/ivans_letter_to_bdc.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 July 2010 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728033436/http://www.snubcampaign.org/uploads/3/5/6/6/3566761/ivans_letter_to_bdc.pdf |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Norwich Northern Distributor Road== {{Main|Norwich Northern Distributor Road}} SNUB opposed the Norwich Northern Distributor Road which some objectors called the "Road to Nowhere", as it no longer is planned to link up to Taverham and the A47.<ref name="SNUB - NDR Campaign">{{cite web | url=http://www.snubcampaign.org/ndr-northern-distributor-road.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20100224064921/http://www.snubcampaign.org/ndr-northern-distributor-road.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=24 February 2010 | title=SNUB – NDR Campaign | accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref>

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