Canal houses back on track
PLANNERS will reconsider £61 million proposals to build a canalside community in Stoke-on-Trent today.
Plans for the 349-property estate were deferred by Stoke-on-Trent City Council's development control committee at a meeting on August 6.
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VITAL: How The Sentinel reported the plans on August 13.
Developer Bett Homes wants to build 249 apartments and 100 houses around a park on land to the south of the Cauldon Canal, between Eastwood Road and Botteslow Street.
It would be the centrepiece of Stoke-on-Trent's flagship City Waterside housing regeneration programme.
Plans for the development were tabled in December, but have been held up by problems securing funding for parts of it.
Members requested further information about the funding of a canal bridge the provision of a heritage feature including two bottle ovens on the site and arrangements for the future maintenance of the open space.
2 Comments
by robert, etruria
Saturday, September 13 2008, 8:20PM
“If High paid Top decision makers to live in our City they would then be more connected and have a vested interest in improving the services and want our city to punch above its weight
They nearly all live in fasionable Chesire”
by Amy, Newcastle under Lyme
Wednesday, August 27 2008, 8:46AM
“well when you start something you should finish it, I think it is a fantastic idea, i just hope that the plans contain properties that are attractive and will not look dated in 5 years. But then heres the problem, will local people be able to afford the homes, and will they be of a decent size. This will work great if we had other developments in the area ones that create decent paid jobs etc”