First Update

Sunday 21 November 2021

It’s a really big week.

The developer’s charm offensive has well and truly started – they dropped 4000 leaflets to homes around our neighbourhood this weekend.

On Tuesday 23rd November, SCAN coordinators and members of the Westbury Park Community Association will meet the developers to get a first glimpse of their updated plans for the St Christopher’s site. They have promised to reveal their latest designs, supposedly based on the community feedback they received earlier in the autumn. These designs will go on public display on December 1st.

So, let's see what they’ve come up with... Have the developers listened to our objections? Have they really understood the concerns of local people about the impact of their plans on road safety, traffic, parking and biodiversity? Have they taken on board the six planning principles we have sent to them? Do they intend to have a genuine and transparent public consultation process? So far, we have been disappointed by the poor communication over the past few months. Hopefully we are entering a more positive phase.

Remember we are asking for SENSITIVE and APPROPRIATE development of the site. Fingers crossed, we will have some good news to report later in the week and the new plans will be a significant improvement on the huge multi-storey apartment blocks the consortium was planning to build back in September.

We will let you know as soon as we do!

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Front entrance of the former school

Aerial view of the St Christopher’s site