Sunday 17 May 2009
Hall Site On The Market....Again.
So the sorry saga of the site of the late, lamented, New Hall rolls on once more with the 'For Sale' sign erected yet again. You wonder whether the site will ever be used as anything but a scrapyard. Perhaps those who cajoled and pressured people who were then involved with the Parish Council and the Hall Management Committee into the demolition of the old hall and the erection of the glorified Badmington Court in Wyndham Road might consider their role in creating the eyesore in Fore Street, but as most of those directly responsible are no longer amongst us and have gone elsewhere I somehow doubt it. Lets hope that this time something useful is done with the site and at least something can be salvaged, at last, from the whole sorry mess.
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Maybe the travellers should buy it... or maybe the silverton inn as a car park. Hearing what went on before it was knocked down, the parish council should be ashamed of themsleves, or did they make a few quid out of it????.
Perhaps Mid Devon Council should arrange for compulsory purchase of this land or the owner should be made accountable and lower their asking price to something more realistic. For nearly 20 years this has stood as wasteland and the Council should be ashamed that they have allowed this to happen. It is disgraceful that within a conservation area such as Fore Street, with many listed historical buildings, such an eyesore can be allowed. One also needs to consider that all properties in the vicinity have their value affected. Perhaps if the owner were local and had to look at the mess daily something would be done. Now is the time for residents to object and lobby MDDC !!
I am sure everyone would like to see the site tidied up but on what legal grounds do you believe MDDC has the power to intervene? Is the landowner breaching planning regulations? Is there an identifiable environmental hazard? Ugly though it is, this is private land and aesthetics are not grounds for compulsory purchase. Suggest a pretext under which the district council can act.
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