Competing proposals brings further doubts and delays.
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The Futures Forum blog has charted the demise of East Devon’s eco-town:
Futures Forum: Cranbrook: an ‘eco-town’ no more
… to a town without a heart:
Futures Forum: Cranbrook: where’s the ‘good design’?
A year ago, things were still going nowhere, as reported by the East Devon News:
Stark warning Cranbrook is at risk of becoming an ‘austerity town’
Although the District Council have a detailed Development Plan Document for the town.
A year on, and Cranbrook Town Council really wants to get going with creating a town centre:
CRANBROOK TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENTS – Cranbrook
With a ‘consortium’ saying it wants the same:
The problem being that there are now two competing proposals:
Delivery of the Town Centre in Cranbrook – Cranbrook
With the developers having the more impressive visuals:
So it seems it’s not going to happen, again as reported by East Devon News:
‘Significant changes’ made to vision for Cranbrook town centre
As revealed in the press release from the District Council:
Daniel Clark reports:
Decision on Cranbrook town centre will have to wait
Competing proposals were due to be discussed this week – but the developers have decided to revise their scheme
East Devon District Council’s Strategic Planning Committee on Wednesday were due to discuss and make a recommendation over the way in which development would come forward.
They would have been faced with two competing proposals – one from the East Devon New Community Partners and one for the council to develop its own masterplan approach – with officers advising that the Cranbrook Town Centre Masterplan SPD should be the way forward…
Decision on Cranbrook town centre will have to wait – Devon Live