Scoop September 2011
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==Save Wensum Lodge== | ==Save Wensum Lodge== | ||
| - | There is a petition and a consultation online, if you can do both great, but either would help. http://petitions.web-labs.co.uk/norwichcc/public/Site-allocation--King-Street | + | There is a petition and a consultation online, if you can do both great, but either would help. |
| + | Please sign the petition before the 29th of September. | ||
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| + | http://petitions.web-labs.co.uk/norwichcc/public/Site-allocation--King-Street | ||
Friends of Wensum Lodge are working on a business plan to lease the Sport Hall and run it. If | Friends of Wensum Lodge are working on a business plan to lease the Sport Hall and run it. If | ||
Council. Cliff Jordan, the County's relevant Cabinet Member promised not to sell the site if this | Council. Cliff Jordan, the County's relevant Cabinet Member promised not to sell the site if this | ||
bid proved viable, but viablility has yet to be defined. | bid proved viable, but viablility has yet to be defined. | ||
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| + | If the City Council were to permit housing development on the site, the value of the land and the | ||
| + | rent that Friends of Wensum would Lodge would need to find to be considered ‘viable’would almost | ||
| + | certainly be more than they could afford. This would result in the public permanently loosing | ||
| + | access, not just to the Sports facilities, but also the car park that serves Wensum Lodge, and | ||
| + | potentially Wensum Lodge too, as visitors would not be able to park, setting a downward spiral in | ||
| + | usage. | ||
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| + | If housing allocation is refused, the measure of viablility will be achievable, as the business | ||
| + | plan will show that | ||
| + | that the the centre can pay its way, but not if it has to compete with residential | ||
| + | rents. | ||
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| + | This petition has been launched by Ward Councillors, Friends of Wensum Lodge, Fifth Quarter, | ||
| + | Kings Street Cultural Quarter and King Street Community voices asking the City Council to designate | ||
| + | keep Wensum Lodge, including its Sports Halls and car park as a site of special value for community | ||
| + | use. This petition will be available on paper at businesses in King Street, and is online the | ||
| + | City Council’s | ||
| + | website. http://petitions.web-labs.co.uk/norwichcc/public/Site-allocation--King-Street | ||
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==London events== | ==London events== | ||
