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Alternative plans for St. Mildred's Tannery, Canterbury
Following our threat of legal action over the lax development brief prepared for this important town centre site, we attended a late night planning committee meeting, where we were successful in our successful opposition to plans to demolish nearly all of the historic structures on the site. Thanks are due to SAVE Friend Anne Graham for her enormous hospitality following the meeting. Although the council's decision was a good start we felt that a firm demonstration of what could be done was needed and so we have drawn up our own plans for the site that would see the retention of nearly all the historic buildings as a part of a mixed use scheme. The initiative has been welcomed by the City Council, and developer, Bellway Homes, was also interested to look at our ideas. We will also search for an alternative developer for the site if Bellway fails to come up with anything better than before, although early signs are encouraging - at a recent public meeting their rough new designs were aired for comment, and it appears that much of the criticism has been taken on board, although there is still a way to go in terms of building retention and reuse.
http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/casework%20November%202003.htm
Alternative plans for St. Mildred's Tannery, Canterbury
Following our threat of legal action over the lax development brief prepared for this important town centre site, we attended a late night planning committee meeting, where we were successful in our successful opposition to plans to demolish nearly all of the historic structures on the site. Thanks are due to SAVE Friend Anne Graham for her enormous hospitality following the meeting. Although the council's decision was a good start we felt that a firm demonstration of what could be done was needed and so we have drawn up our own plans for the site that would see the retention of nearly all the historic buildings as a part of a mixed use scheme. The initiative has been welcomed by the City Council, and developer, Bellway Homes, was also interested to look at our ideas. We will also search for an alternative developer for the site if Bellway fails to come up with anything better than before, although early signs are encouraging - at a recent public meeting their rough new designs were aired for comment, and it appears that much of the criticism has been taken on board, although there is still a way to go in terms of building retention and reuse.