In September we asked you what you thought should happen on the site. Over 1460 people gave their thoughts. You can find the results here, as well as a book with all the individual comments.
Since the end of the consultation in October, the Carriageworks Action Group has been analysing the results and developing a draft Vision for the site. We now want to know what you think of the Vision and whether you support it.
The Vision deals with big ideas and principles rather than fine details, so you won’t find any architectural drawings or designs. Instead you will find statements about what the community wants to happen on the site. These visionary statements will help guide the work of the Council and developers as they put together proposals for the site.
You can read the Vision in this section of the website via the menu above, or you can click through to the survey where you can read the same words and tell us what you think.
FYI, when looking for a good developer, you could ask the community cooperative who created the mixed use development in London called Coin Street Place whom they used.
Coin Street Community Builders carried out their own development http://www.coinstreet.org/aboutus/historybackground.html. What they have achieved is quite incredible combining a range of low cost housing with market properties and even some very expensive restaurants. I’m sure they have their critics and they certainly face many challenges, but you’re right – we should be talking to them and finding out more.