Author: Lesley

May 7th is election day for the District Council as well as the General Election. Think about the future of Princes Parade when you vote.

A huge response. Thank you to all who sumitted comments. You can read them here.

Although Shepway didn’t initially want to release it, we have finally obtained the Heritage Impact Report written for Shepway by Lee Evans Architects. Read it here.

Good presentation from Dave Shore (Shepway officer) at last night’s Hythe Civic Society meeting. At last they are prepared to face the public and tell us where they are with the project – which isn’t very far by the sound of it. Still no recent contamination report, they are still talking to KCC, the Diocese and English Heritage and they still need to review their development assumptions before coming up with a new master plan and business case.

The consultation includes options for a policy affecting Princes Parade so it’s vital that we all take the time to submit comments more info

https://saveprincesparade.co.uk/local-plan-consultation-issues-options/

 

Shepway admits its press release about the removal of the waste was wrong.

http://www.shepway.gov.uk/content/view/201878/4364/

The Local Plan consultation will take place from Jan 29th for 6 weeks. Please make sure you take part – it will affect not just Princes Parade but development across the whole of Shepway

Shepway commissioned the Lee Evans Partnership to help them prepare for their meeting with English Heritage in August

Heritage

“The Princes Parade site forms part of the setting of the RMC as a designated heritage asset and the significance of the canal as
a scheduled monumentcould be seriously harmed by changes to it. ”

Read the full report here: PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT PRINCES PARADE

 

Dr Geoff Burrell’s independent assessment of the three possible sites for the new pool now available on this site.