Asset disposal decisions

The decisions about the assets disposal cabinet meeting have appeared on the TDC website, the Maritime Museum is cleared for disposal.

Click on the link below to read the main document.

http://tdc-mg-dmz.thanet.gov.uk/Published/C00000151/M00001548/AI00001697/$AssetDisposalReportFinal.doc.htm

Click on the link below for the consultation document Annex 2 .

http://tdc-mg-dmz.thanet.gov.uk/Published/C00000151/M00001548/AI00001697/$Annex2Consultation.doc.htm

Click on the link below for the information on Northdown House
http://tdc-mg-dmz.thanet.gov.uk/Published/C00000151/M00001548/AI00001697/$Annex3NorthdownHouse.doc.htm

Reminders

A couple of email reminders received today

One from councillor David Green about tomorrow’s public consultation on the asset disposals click here to read.

One from Capt Nigel Collingwood the meeting to discuss major development issues on 12th od December click here to read.

All very important issues to this area so I am sure a lot of people will wish to attend.

click here for more pictures of Ramsgate from the air

Commercial Appendix

Firstly for those of you who are interested in old Ramsgate businesses click here for the commercial appendix to my publication Ramsgate illustrated, I have just put it on the web.

Now a bit of a Sunday meander, first having given some thoughts to the asset sales, it does seem that the council lacks any sort of proper plan for Ramsgate.

Selling off the maritime museum seems pretty stupid, one would have thought selling off the tourist information office and relocating it to the museum site with a restructured museum, run by volunteers would be a much better option.

Losing control of a large chunk of the harbour also seems like muddled thinking, one gets the impression that instead of a proper plan for the future of the harbour and port, there is an approach of how much money can be bleed from it.

I gather that a lot of the business that could have come to the port when it left Folkestone was lost because of the council’s lack of action.

I still haven’t had any answers to my questions about the Sericol leak, but have had an answer from TDC saying that they are consulting with the environment agency and will soon produce some.

I am assuming that since there has been such a long delay getting answers to the questions, are crops being irrigated and washed with contaminated water, and are the fumes coming out of the ground at Westwood? Something is probably seriously wrong.

Having done more research on the subject I am fairly certain that Cyclohexanone would have spread to a fairly large area around the site, and that the vacuum extraction plant would be unlikely to have removed as much as half of it from the ground.

The great asset sell off

Thanet District Council will be available to answer questions about the asset sell off next week, as part of the public consultation process, you can talk to council officers about this at the following times and places.

Tuesday 11 November from 4pm to 7pm Albion House, Albion Place, Ramsgate

Wednesday 12 November from 4pm to 7pm Margate Media Centre, 11-13 King Street, Margate

Thursday 13 November from 4pm to 7pm Pierremont Hall, Pierremont Park, Broadstairs

The 17 sites out to public consultation are:

Site: Margate Caves, Northdown Road, Margate (Margate Central)
Proposal: Either use as an amenity area, seek a commercial operator for the caves, after undertaking structural works, or consider infilling the cave system and developing the site.

Site: Land adjacent to 129/131 High Street, Margate (Margate Central)
Proposal: Improvements to the existing open space or potential development.

Site: Land at 1 – 6 Covells Row, off High Street, Margate (Margate Central)
Proposal: Either look at disposing to adjoining properties or seek planning consent for a single dwelling.

Site: at Marine Terrace, leisure site, Margate (Westbrook)
Proposal: Potential of leisure development.

Site: Land at Tivoli Park Avenue and Tivoli Road, Margate (Salmestone)
Proposal: Look at improvements to the area, retain the sites in their current condition or look at an alternative use for some of the plots.

Site: Land adjacent to 62 Brooke Avenue, Garlinge (Garlinge)
Proposal: Possible single development or dispose to adjacent property.

Site: Land at Park Lane, Birchington (Birchington South)
Proposal: Development potential still to be identified.

Site: Land at Viking Bay, Broadstairs (Bradstowe)
Proposal: To improve beach facilities, possibly with a beach café, restaurant or holiday accommodation.

Site: Retort House, Albion Street, Broadstairs (Bradstowe)
Proposal: Increased car parking provision or mixed use development, including commercial and residential elements.

Site: Former Rose Garden, Pysons Road, Broadstairs (St. Peters)
Proposal: Possible disposal to adjacent property.

Site: Port Ramsgate East, west to historic harbour, Ramsgate (Central Harbour)
Proposal: Residential development or a mixed commercial and residential scheme.

Site: Maritime Museum, Pier Yard, Ramsgate (Central Harbour)
Proposal: Possible use as a restaurant.

Site: Land at Effingham Street, Ramsgate (Central Harbour)
Proposal: Could be retained as a public car park, let as open storage, an agreement could be granted to local residents to use it for car parking or alternatively has potential for residential infill.

Site: Land adjacent to 19 Liverpool Lawn, Ramsgate (Central Harbour)
Proposal: Residential development or license the site, possibly to the adjoining property.

Site: Land at Irchester Street, Ramsgate (Eastcliff)
Proposal: Either formalize the car parking arrangement at the site or residential development to complete the terrace.

Site: Montefiore Games Centre, Ramsgate (Sir Moses Montefiore)
Proposal: Retain and/or upgrade the existing sports facilities and release surplus land for residential development.

Site: Manston Road extension site (Newington)

They say they want to get the best possible value for us council taxpayers, certainly Ramsgate seems to be putting up its fair share of assets here.

Sorry it’s such a long post but it’s rather a lot of assets.