Many will recall that there was considerable scepticism from many quarters at the time that this project would ever progress. And with it goes the so-called “inter-modal freight depot” which was also talked up too soon and too much. Eggs … baskets.
The site is included in the draft local plan – what now? Another developer for a depot or more housing (but no new jobs for anyone who might live in them)? Cranbrook had been developed with the idea of hundreds if not thousands of jobs on this site. Sainsbury’s currently retains ownership of the site so calls all the shots.
EDDC loses not only the project but also the promise of vital infrastructure which went with it – and see below re the lack of an agreed Community Infrastrructure Levy in the district and its implications.
East Devon Watch 