"Dear All,
I became aware of your Blog with regard to the above
property, and would like to make an entry into the same.
Given the previous Planning Applications, Ward Councillor and
local community objection and involvement etc, I felt it only right and proper
to contact you with regard to the same.
I will also be sending an email to all three of the Ward
Councillors, to advise them accordingly.
We, being Milwood Ltd, are proposing to re-develop the above
property, and will shortly be submitting a Planning Application to Stafford
Borough Council for that purpose.
As you are aware, the property received a Planning Permission
(10/14268/FUL) on the 15th December 2010 for the development of seven
detached dwellings, being made up of two 2 storey dwellings and five 2 ½ storey
dwellings.
Our proposal is identical to that of the previous Planning
Permission, being for seven detached dwellings, excepting that all of our
dwellings will be traditional 2 storey.
Unlike the previously approved Housetypes, that were simply
created to gain a Planning Permission, ours are tried and tested formal
Housetypes that offer, in my view, much greater aesthetic and architectural
merit.
Furthermore, the proposed layout does also offer greater
merit in these regards also.
We will maintain a separation distance from the back of
Footpath to the two frontage dwellings of circa 4 to 5 metres.
A full Habitat Survey has been undertaken to quantify the
question of the Bats and Badgers specifically, which I know was a previous
concern.
The existing trees will be maintained, as per the previous
Planning Permission.
I would hope that this proposal will be received positively,
given that firstly, a Planning Permission already exists to re-develop this
site, and secondly, that, in our view, our proposal does represent an
improvement over that already approved, which could be implemented at
anytime.
The above of course is a summary, and if I can be of any
further assistance at this time, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Many thanks.
Kind Regards,"
There you have it. We have printed the email verbatim (apart from the signatory which we have omitted for privacy reasons). What do you think?
An interesting communication from the new developers seemingly intending to be "neighbourly" to the blog.An internet search of Milwood (take care of Millwood similar companies) elicits basic corporate information about them with little to apparently question.As I have more depth information available to me from published accounts it would seem that the organisation directors have fingers in many pies so this small development may not be a big priority to them,albeit Milwood itself is a small developer from the accounts.
ReplyDeleteOn to the "What do you think ?" question......I suppose that we are grateful that the original developer is no longer involved and we can only hope that he made a resounding loss on his cynical venture.
The question now is just what is the preferred strategy of the Rough Close community.....we seem to have gone from "It will never happen,over my dead body etc" to "We have got some concessions on the fencing off of the site post demolition".
If it is still the former we should continue to pursue the resistance to the development by all available means.We do not know how "close" the new developer is to the very developer friendly SBC,we found out by experience that the previous developer largely got anything he wanted from them.
If it is the latter then we may as well have resigned acceptance of the demolition and development and seek out whatever "concessions" the community would like directly with the developer,as they seem to invite dialogue, rather than encounter the bureaucracy and considerable bias of SBC.
Democracy doesn`t work (well evidenced) maybe dialogue does ? When Kofi Annan has finished in Syria maybe he can broker a deal ?
It does seem unlikely surely that any developer would incur much in the way of cost in such a dire housing market so probably the only action that we are likely to see is the demolition of the much missed G&D which itself symbolically will surely harden attitudes even to the most consultative of developers.
Although we all loved the George & Dragon time has really arrived to move on. Sympathetic development of the site is much needed, whether that be of the actual building itself or something new. Progress often means change....we need to be informed & listened too but we must also be sensible in our requests otherwise we will continue to live with a decaying building- one that doesn't anymore enhance Rough Close. New housing in the Stone area is in very high demand and is premium priced - I don't think a developer would have much problem in selling executive style housing here & I'd rather have that than what we have at the moment. What I'd really love is the G&D with beer garden and restaurant but that isn't a reality is it...otherwise it would still be here.
ReplyDeleteA lot of houses currently for sale in Rough Close - non selling, including a large one in Sunningdale View.
ReplyDeleteAny more news from the developers?
None at all. We were half expecting a similar approach to last time when the application was submitted when people were off on holiday but that obviously hasn't happened - yet.
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