Craig Ollerton said...Oscar, not up on the ins and outs of this 1982 plan. Educate me, what does it mean, what is it for? what processes of planning is it used in?
The 1982 district plan was a template to be used for the development of the area until 1991, by which time a new update plan was to have been adopted, it was a template for retail developments etc, I say template as it was not to be necessarily a statement of intent set in stone.
When this was drafted there was for example no Mostyn Champneys, no Conwy Tunnel, no Tesco, not the cafe culture that we now have in most towns and cities, no Parc Llandudno, no Internet as to speak off that has influenced some of our shopping habits. no lo cost airlines and certainly not the going abroad habit that most of us now have, we in North Wales still had thousands and thousands of families spending their summer holidays here, many for the whole week, not the 2 and 3 day breaks that many come for now.
In short, the 1982 plan was a framework based on an entirely different era, nothing like the commercial world that we now live in.
Conwy planners have made things up as they have gone on, in some cases have used the 1982 plan as an excuse, a form of cop out, whilst they on the whole have no coherent alternative, many of these councillors them selves have no idea about how out of date a plan the planners are using.
It would have been a great idea to have had a clean sweep of the hierarchy of the planning department when Dithering Detheridge went, and brought a new person with a new vision in, that had worked previously in the big wide world, rather than just here in the Conwy County area.
If the average business,whether it be hospitality, retail construction etc were still trading an operating on a business plan that had not changed since 1982 it woulds have long since died and gone bust, a bit like the council we have has done, except of course unlike business who have no guarantee of income, unlike the council that is guaranteed income no matter what.
Can you honestly imagine these people being successful in the private sector or a sector that survives and is judged on results??
I doubt it!
Please do yourself a favour and click onto the link to read what I am talking about!
Craig Ollerton said...
Oscar, not up on the ins and outs of this 1982 plan. Educate me, what does it mean, what is it for? what processes of planning is it used in?
An excellent investment property situated almost adjacent to the prime shopping area in Llandudno and let on a 15 year full repairing and insuring lease at a rental of £36,000 per annum exclusive. The property is three storey plus dormers and a basement. The ground floor trades as a delicatessen/food hall with two self contained two bedroom flats above.
There are many many items that could be listed that Llandudno town council could involve themselves with, at little or no cost.
Interesting choice of plant in an upper window of Llandudno police station, nice to see that some one has a keen interest in horticulture!
Sunday morning, mid winter, and the pavements of Gloddaeth Avenue are being brushed at a cost of at least double time, meanwhile there are cigarette butts all over the pavements all over the county.
If the allegations are true, the allegations being that North Wales Police are now visiting commercial premises in Llandudno and asking the business people involved who their land lords are, then the persons involved are in serious trouble, it could even be said that they now deserve everything they have will have coming to them ,if further allegations of serious fraud are proved.
