Residents lodge objections to council's £55m Hanley HQ move
DOZENS of residents have lodged objections against plans for the first of two new city centre council offices.
Public consultation on proposals for the city council's new kaleidoscope-style HQ and central library in Hanley has ended.
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An artist's impression of the proposed civic centre in Hanley.
Developer Genr8, which is building the Central Business District (CBD), is now expected to win planning permission for the £55 million scheme next month.
But a total of 25 people wrote to Stoke-on-Trent City Council to raise concerns about moving the Civic Centre from Stoke to Hanley before the deadline passed.
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Alan Barrett, of Campbell Road, Stoke, who wrote an objection letter, said: "No-one wants this new civic centre. The people of Stoke will lose out and by the time the council decides to regenerate it will be too late. The £40 million borrowing requirement will have to be paid back by us, our children and our grandchildren, with absolutely no guarantees of the costs being recovered in terms of addition city revenue."
The plans show the 100,000 sq ft five-storey complex on land between Broad Street and Warner Street will house a 13,600 sq ft library to replace the public section of nearby City Central Library.
Demolition work is underway to clear shops in Broad Street to allow the development to begin. A decision on the scheme is expected by March 20 and a planning application for the second council building is due to be submitted shortly.
5 Comments
by Robnoxious
Tuesday, February 19 2013, 3:35PM
“Names of pervezs puppies , here, sit, beg, roll over. It all sounds to familiar for my liking. Don't ever get bitten by one of them, they are diseased. worms that they are.”
by rubythursday
Tuesday, February 19 2013, 1:05AM
“breaking news 2034 council plans to relocate to stoke
well, i can only assume that is what is in store for stoke on trent. I qualify this by....unity house 1974/5....stoke civic centre 1991/2...hanley civic centre 2013
but hey, when all the failing retailers in the country realise that the council have relocated they will flock to the new shhhity senter
it is a disgraceful waste of public money and happens too often here in joke on trent...it is not funny.”
by I_Norris
Monday, February 18 2013, 3:19PM
“Consultation from Genr-8 may have ended, only around 29 people were recorded, Overall the split of Comments was 28% Positive and 72% Negative
you can read full Consultation results http://tinyurl.com/a4j66ug
But you can still submit objections to the Planning Department
email planning.apps@stoke.gov.uk with the subject: 54398/FUL or write to
Email addresss for the Planning Committee are
Planning, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1RN quoting 54398/FUL
or to e-mail all members of the planning committee
tom.reynolds@stoke.gov.uk, gurmeetsingh.kallar@stoke.gov.uk, Jack.Brereton@stoke.gov.uk,
janine.bridges@stoke.gov.uk, alan.dutton@stoke.gov.uk, terence.follows@stoke.gov.uk, debra.gratton@stoke.gov.uk, peter.hayward@stoke.gov.uk, shazad.hussain@stoke.gov.uk, adrian.knapper@stoke.gov.uk, andy.platt@stoke.gov.uk, paul.shotton@stoke.gov.uk, amjid.wazir@stoke.gov.uk”
by Justsuppose
Monday, February 18 2013, 1:35PM
“No doubt the council will counter with "It's only 25 objections". Well, that's still more than twice the number who voted FOR it, considering that it wasn't heard at full council till after it was passed at cabinet and then everyone had to toe the party line or be suspended, even expelled, by the whip. Shameful!”
by Notanumber
Monday, February 18 2013, 12:59PM
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