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Published:
May 22, 2008
Highbridge's
Bank Street Car Park saved from development
 Councillors
in Highbridge were celebrating on Wednesday (May 21st) after the
Bank Street Car Park was saved from potential development by Sedgemoor
District Council.
The
council's executive committee accepted that the car park should
not be on the list of assets to be sold, after a successful campaign
by residents in the town and Liberal Democrat councillor Cllr
Joe Leach and parliamentary candidate Tessa Munt (pictured).
Sedgemoor's
Corporate Scrutiny Committee examined the council's capital expenditure
plans last week and recommended that the controversial proposals
to sell off part of the town centre car park should be put on
hold - but on closer examination on Wednesday, the Executive decided
that the plans should not proceed.
A petition of 800 signatures was collected by Cllr Leach and Tessa
Munt, adding to the 500 collected by County Councillor Rosemarie
Parsons and the town's regeneration team earlier
in the year.
Cllr.
Leach told Burnham-On-Sea.com on Wednesday: "This is a fantastic
result. We have worked very hard in all aspects to ensure that
our car park stays."
"Now
we can concentrate on the full regeneration of our town, starting
with the cattle market, which I would like to see as shops. The
whole team has tirelessly fought this proposal and I am proud
of the results."
RELATED
LINKS:
Public
meeting held to fight car park sell-off plans
Opposition
grows over Bank Street car park sale
Map
showing the Sedgemoor plans in full
Council
urged by Lib Dems not to sell off Highbridge car park
Anger
over bid to sell off Bank Street car park
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