When the idea of Burton Village development or redevelopment of Heritage Brewery, Goat Malting and surrounding land was conceived, it was meant to be a self contained area with residential properties supported by retail (convenient) store.
However last month the developer was granted planning to change retail area to residential area.
Apparently the developer believes that retail area in not viable due to close proximity of the Town Centre and easy walking distance.
The Town Centre was there when:
1) the design brief or master plan for the site was prepared
2) the Council invested around £1.2m to regenerate this area to achieve the vision which included redevelopment of Goat Malting building & self contained development. I also remember discussions around recycling station which was supposed to be located in the car park of the retail area.
3) the developer sold most of the residential properties indicating a convenient store to serve local residents.
Now the plan has changed and ESBC planners have changed their mind for no good reason. It seems that developers are running the show in ESBC!
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