Parry’s disastrous Hoburne development has hit a show-stopping “hitch”.  It seems that, for all the years of careful planning and fastidious study, the Holburne’s development team didn’t quite do their homework properly.  An assumption was made about something as fundamental as the installation of air conditioning plant.  Now they are faced with the embarrassing and expensive process of re-submitting the whole planning application!

The question that begs an answer is :

What other assumptions have been made which could jeopardise the development?

At least this oversight was discovered, before the demolition and building work had begun.

It gives us the opportunity voice our concerns again.

Holburne's Planning Application

The independently run Holburne already needed a £200,000 of council money (that’s our money) to kick-start the release of private donations capital.  Why would private money, already promised to the scheme need public money to release it?  And what’s more, the scheme is still £1.5m short for its running costs capital.

Please write to the Planning Committee before 28th October, objecting to this development.