Have already asked this question re funding in the WNCC consultation document - and it took four attempts over a week to get into it - as well as asking how the businesses in the Grosvenor and the proposed Belgrave House are going to be serviced with goods, supplies etc and how their rubbish will be removed since it looks as if the area between dwellings and businesses will be pedestrianised; the development of the Corn Exchange has stalled during the last 5 (?) years due to the various emergency services pointing out the severe difficulties in evacuating the building securely - we surely do not want another night club fire and panic! On the whole this proposal is a fairy tale vision without practical outcome and no funding.
What do you expect from the same Conservative councilors who bankrupted the previous authority? Financial incompetence and broken promises. Bring on the May elections.
I think its time that West Northamptonshire Council concentrated on the needs of their voters. So many of the public are paying for expensive private rental properties when money should be concentrated into the Housing Market.The present owners of Billing Aquadrome for instance have a suggestion for a partial residental area on the Park. The Powers that be have decided it will probably take 5 years to consider this. That is a large number of lost votes for the county since the present inhabitants 'Living' on the Park have 'residential addresses' elsewhere, therefore votes in other parts of the country. Since we are told that the Retail Market is going into the doldrums, the general public can probably manage with the present shopping facilities and may prefer decent affordable social housing instead.
To escape from the reality of the failure of the Conservatives in national and local government Greyfriars redevelopment is trotted out as the the brave new world we are all going to live in.
Unfortunately as the Tory politicians at local and national level have consistently failed to represent us to government there is no money from there and developers seem to be unwilling to chip in their own, presumably as they do not see it as a profit making venture.
It will be good to have persons in power who can make an honest assessment as to where we are and to give us a vision as to what can be achieved.
Have already asked this question re funding in the WNCC consultation document - and it took four attempts over a week to get into it - as well as asking how the businesses in the Grosvenor and the proposed Belgrave House are going to be serviced with goods, supplies etc and how their rubbish will be removed since it looks as if the area between dwellings and businesses will be pedestrianised; the development of the Corn Exchange has stalled during the last 5 (?) years due to the various emergency services pointing out the severe difficulties in evacuating the building securely - we surely do not want another night club fire and panic! On the whole this proposal is a fairy tale vision without practical outcome and no funding.
What do you expect from the same Conservative councilors who bankrupted the previous authority? Financial incompetence and broken promises. Bring on the May elections.
I think its time that West Northamptonshire Council concentrated on the needs of their voters. So many of the public are paying for expensive private rental properties when money should be concentrated into the Housing Market.The present owners of Billing Aquadrome for instance have a suggestion for a partial residental area on the Park. The Powers that be have decided it will probably take 5 years to consider this. That is a large number of lost votes for the county since the present inhabitants 'Living' on the Park have 'residential addresses' elsewhere, therefore votes in other parts of the country. Since we are told that the Retail Market is going into the doldrums, the general public can probably manage with the present shopping facilities and may prefer decent affordable social housing instead.
To escape from the reality of the failure of the Conservatives in national and local government Greyfriars redevelopment is trotted out as the the brave new world we are all going to live in.
Unfortunately as the Tory politicians at local and national level have consistently failed to represent us to government there is no money from there and developers seem to be unwilling to chip in their own, presumably as they do not see it as a profit making venture.
It will be good to have persons in power who can make an honest assessment as to where we are and to give us a vision as to what can be achieved.
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