Urban Gravesham
The Civic Society
The Civic Society
for Gravesend and Northfleet
Transport Quarter Proposals
Public consultation on the latest plans for Gravesend town centre's Transport Quarter starts on 13 June and runs until 26 July 2009.
The key points are:
· an improved railway station
· increased car parking
· a bus interchange next to the railway station
· a new two-way road link
· development of new homes (flats) on the site of the existing Rathmore Road car park
· new public space uniting the Civic Centre forecourt with the sensory gardens.
An exhibition of the proposals is being mounted at:
Towncentric
(opposite St George's Church behind St George's shopping centre)
13-26 June Monday-Saturday 9am to 5pm
(The exhibition will be manned from 1pm to 5pm 15 -19 June and 10am to 4pm on Saturday 20 June)
Civic Centre
29 June - 10 July Monday-Saturday 9am to 5pm
Urban Gravesham at Town Regatta
Urban Gravesham were out in force at this year's regatta. Members manned a very informative stall with large displays showing in detail the Edinburgh House development. The end result was hundreds of additional people signed up against the development scheme. Well done to all involved. See the pictures.
Council and Developers ‘hell bent’ on destroying much loved green space
Gravesham Borough Council and property developers Edinburgh House have taken steps to ‘throw out’ proposals to protect St Andrews Garden’s from development by objecting to Urban Gravesham’s application to have the Gardens designated as a Town Green.
Urban Gravesham’s opinion:
This is a cynical and disgraceful action by the Council. We are desperately disappointed that the Council has sought to oppose our application to safeguard these riverside gardens as a permanent green space for the recreational use of the people of Gravesend.
The town green application should have been the perfect opportunity for the Gravesham Borough Council to support the obvious wishes of the people of Gravesend and to admit they were wrong to even contemplate building on these well-loved gardens. It is a shame that Council Leader, Mike Snelling, seems willing to spend potentially large sums of money on a legal fight, whilst informing us of how little money the Council has in its coffers. We remain confident that the registration authority, Kent County Council, will look at the application and the supporting evidence from local people, and will ensure that St. Andrew's Gardens is registered as a Town Green.
Read about the campaign to save St Andrews
Tower toppled! But the Fight Goes On
A big, big thank you- the end of the tower
The 33-storey tower on St Andrew’s Gardens is no longer to be
built. Thank you to everyone who helped deliver the 1000’s of
leaflets, who collected the 7000 signature petition, who wrote letters
of objection, and who helped in all sorts of other ways. There is no
doubt that this climb down on the part of the Council and its
development partner, Edinburgh House Estates, is due to Urban
Gravesham’s campaign. This is a stunning victory for the ordinary
people of Gravesend.
However, the victory is only partial. The Council and Edinburgh House
Estates want to carry on with the planning application for the rest of
the Heritage Quarter scheme. Huge 7-9 storey slab blocks still threaten
West Street and the medieval High Street and St Andrews Gardens may
still be built upon.
Stop the Concrete jungle: the campaign continues…
Urban Gravesham are continuing the campaign to ’stop the concrete jungle’.
How you can help
Keep supporting Urban Gravesham!
Help to deliver leaflets across the borough or at our Saturday stall
– contact Gill Emerson (01474 566701) or Claire Brown 0777
3409746.
Encourage your neighbours, friends and relatives to join Urban Gravesham, and to write to the Council to object to the scheme.
"The proposals for church extension and the SW side of
the submitted scheme should be considered together. We also consider
such proposals can create a high risk of a monolithic design. This will
impact heavily and adversely on the setting of the church but can also
create a continuous monotonous face to West Street and parts of Bath
Street."
(English Heritage letter of objection to Gravesham Borough Council 28.11.08)
See more pictures of the proposal here.
Do you support Urban Gravesham? If so please feel free make a donation
or join our group. Contact info@urbangravesham.org
Urban Gravesham - the Civic Society for Gravesend and Northfleet- is a group of citizens concerned and interested in the character and environment of the urban areas of Gravesham. We take an interest in all new development and aim to engage the Council, developers and other interested parties in debate about the future of Gravesend and Northfleet
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