g197-
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THE NEW ROAD
As some of you may know it's been in the planning stages for quite some time that a road will be going through part of the old Severalls Hospital site.
Well I'm sad to say that day is upon us. The road extension project called NAR3 and more importantly Phase 2 (the bit that goes through Severalls) starts Monday 19th August.
After my "aerial" visit I noticed that the road was quite clearly marked with wooden pegs through the fields I was in. That got me looking into it a little deeper, contacting the Council etc.
Here you can see where Phase 2 the road marked in red is going:
The Council staff said in email to me: "Many more of the listed Victorian buildings are meant to be saved and restored during the Phase 2 development once the land is sold (will know which developer it is within weeks) but sadly many of these will now be so badly damaged they will be pulled down. However, some are still down to be saved."
LESS REPORTS
My fear is that due to all the works taking place around the site that the recent reports we've seen through July and the beginning of August will be the last. And there will be very few opportunities in the future.
I'll keep an eye on the developments and keep this thread updated with information on what exactly is going on.
CONSPIRACY / BACKHANDERS
On researching what areas of the site are listed I found that the entire grounds where.
Heritage report showing entire grounds are listed: http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1001599
Map from above link:
If you look at the maps in this post it looks like the road is going through what should be a protected area!?
My only thought on this is that someone is getting a backhander to make sure Severalls gets into the sort of state where it is beyond repair and the only option is to rip it down...
As some of you may know it's been in the planning stages for quite some time that a road will be going through part of the old Severalls Hospital site.
Well I'm sad to say that day is upon us. The road extension project called NAR3 and more importantly Phase 2 (the bit that goes through Severalls) starts Monday 19th August.
After my "aerial" visit I noticed that the road was quite clearly marked with wooden pegs through the fields I was in. That got me looking into it a little deeper, contacting the Council etc.
Here you can see where Phase 2 the road marked in red is going:
The Council staff said in email to me: "Many more of the listed Victorian buildings are meant to be saved and restored during the Phase 2 development once the land is sold (will know which developer it is within weeks) but sadly many of these will now be so badly damaged they will be pulled down. However, some are still down to be saved."
LESS REPORTS
My fear is that due to all the works taking place around the site that the recent reports we've seen through July and the beginning of August will be the last. And there will be very few opportunities in the future.
I'll keep an eye on the developments and keep this thread updated with information on what exactly is going on.
CONSPIRACY / BACKHANDERS
On researching what areas of the site are listed I found that the entire grounds where.
Heritage report showing entire grounds are listed: http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1001599
Map from above link:
If you look at the maps in this post it looks like the road is going through what should be a protected area!?
My only thought on this is that someone is getting a backhander to make sure Severalls gets into the sort of state where it is beyond repair and the only option is to rip it down...
