Press Release following REDROW Public Meeting on April 3rd 2011

The Lymington Society was pleased to be able to host a well-attended meeting last night organised  to allow local residents to hear about the latest developments on the Bridge Road site in Lymington. Speaking after the Meeting Don Mackenzie the meeting organiser said.

 “We are very grateful to Redrow for attending our Public Meeting last night and presenting their current thoughts on the development they would like to see on this unique site in the heart of Lymington. We are also very grateful to the Head of Planning for the NFDC Mr Chris Elliott and to Councillor Chris Treleaven, Portfolio Holder for Planning for their contributions to the meeting.

 We would very much agree with the Redrow Director Barry Styles when he said that with the current designs that they have “lost their way” and we  welcomed his announcement that Redrow would be thinking afresh on how to build-out the site. We in particular welcome the decision to propose a halving of the numbers of units on the site and a change to a scheme which includes family houses.

There of course remain important concerns about the best  style of buildings for the site, about traffic and about the number of much needed social homes on the site. Hopefully with goodwill on all sides a scheme that brings together all concerns can be developed over the next six months.

The Society has been pleased to have played a part in moving the debate on to this new stage and look forward to working with Redrow and the NFDC Planners to try and achieve the best outcome for the community on this wonderful site.”

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