The map above is of the site in 1872 and shows the site when
it was a railway station, if like me you are sick to back teeth of the
Pleasurama saga you can open a large version of this map, and journey around
Ramsgate before the naughty 90s. the map only works properly in internet
explorer, here is the link http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/map1872/id3.htm
The council have finally published the agenda for the
overview and scrutiny meeting on Thursday to discuss the call in of the cabinet
decision to sell the freehold of the site to the developer, click on this link
to read it http://tdc-mg-dmz.thanet.gov.uk/documents/s26584/Scrutiny%20call%20In%20-%20Royal%20Sands%20Report.html?CT=2
It does give us a bit more information about what is a very
important issue for Ramsgate, which the council only seem to wish to discuss in
secret.
My own interest here is to try and ensure that the site has
the flood risk assessment highly recommended by The Environment Agency, this
link takes you to their letter about this issue http://michaelsbookshop.com/ea/id2.htm
I don’t like the idea of building a new development on a
high risk flood zone without a flood risk assessment, apart form the obvious
sense of blundering about in the dark, it is likely to blight the development
to a greater or lesser degree, making financing in difficult economic times
even more difficult.
I will add to this one as the day progresses.
It is very difficult to understand why they don't request one from the developer. If they don't request could they not be liable some time in the future under "duty of care" or "due diligence"
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