Some of us interested in the Pleasurama development and the general lack of progress local consultation, feasible plans and temporary use during the summer have been tying to find out what if anything is going on.We have so far been unable to find out if the property speculator SFP have deposited the financial bond required by the council before development starts.
A land registry search reveals that the land still belongs to TDC and has done since 1929.
Dave Green has posted on Eastcliff Matters (link on sidebar) that work will recommence on repairing the cliff façade in December.
Doug Brown the planning officer on the case, says he is still awaiting revised plans from the architects PRC which hopefully will address the concerns raised by the environment agency, both about flood and storm protection and emergency escapes for the people inside.
As the architect hasn’t as yet come up with plans for anything that could actually be built on the site and the property speculator doesn’t appear to have come up with any money, one wonders what is going on, particularly as the same architects appear to have produced plans China Gateway that also can’t actually be built due to the constraints of the site.
Back in September of last year I said that the cliff repair works would take about a year, I am afraid to say this is looking more like a year and a half, I must also apologise for saying painting it was jobs for the boys, this is in fact a coloured coating to protect it from future chloride and carbonation attack, however why this coating isn’t the same colour as the concrete is unclear.
Finally though the real problem with the development long term is, that the people involved don’t appear to be going to do a proper flood risk assessment and then building to its recommendations, this means that they are saying that they are going to engage in a multimillion pound project in a high risk flood zone and base its vulnerability to flood on guesswork. To me this just doesn’t add up as it means that all or part of it will probably be uninsurable and hence blighted.
Terry Painter has been taking deposits on flats there. Does he know what's going on? Or is he happy to releive people of their money in blissful ignorance?
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ReplyDeleteYes i thought there were pictures of people queuing since dawn to reserve flats etc in the Gazette and understood it was for the Pleasurama development - how misled we were!
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