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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Disappointment as developers pull out of Brimscombe Port
A district council leader has said it is "really disappointing" the developer of a planned 150 home canal-side development has pulled St Modwen Homes were chosen to deliver the Brimscombe Port development in Stroud in 2022 but, after being bought by US firm Miller Homes, decided it would not continue with the project following a portfolio £5m of public money had been set aside for Brimscombe Port, which would also include canal-related tourism and employment Turner, leader of Stroud District Council (SDC), said the council will now look for a new developer. Following a public consultation in December, St Modwen Homes was taken over by Miller Homes in site was allocated in the SDC Local Plan and included the reinstatement of the canal and basin to take it out of the flood contributed £2.6m to the project at the former canal port, and government support totalling £2.7m was loaned by Homes Turner told the BBC: "Miller Homes don't share the same background in brownfield sites that St Modwens do."Unfortunately, Brimscombe Port was one of the projects they decided they don't want to go ahead with." 'Frustration' Ms Turner said SDC will be planning "how we go forward.""I have to say for the team at SDC, the team at St Modwens and for all of our local stakeholders who have been so committed to this project for so long, it's a lot of disappointment and frustration," she said. "We will be moving as fast as we can because we don't want this site languishing. We want to be delivering homes and a really vibrant community so we'll be moving as soon as we can."Ms Turner added it is "hard to identify a new timeline" for the project, for which ground was due to be broken in 2026, as the new developer will need to come up with a new planning application and arrange a consultation with the community.
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Stroud District Council leader steps down after three years
The leader of Stroud District Council is stepping down after almost three years. Catherine Braun, Green councillor for Wotton-under-Edge, will officially leave the position at the next full council meeting on 22 May – but said she is hoping to secure the deputy position instead. A new council leader will be elected at the same meeting on Thursday."I felt like at this point in time I wanted to get a better balance with my day job, so I can have more time for my local projects as well," Ms Braun said. As well as resigning as council leader, Ms Braun has also stood down as Stroud District Council's Green leader, instead becoming the group's for Minchinhampton, Chloe Turner, has been elected as the new Green leader and will put herself forward for the position of council leader next week. Ms Braun has listed the creation of the Stroud District Council plan - which has a focus on the environment, housing, health and the local economy - as among her greatest achievements while in the role, alongside promoting a culture of "cooperative working" within the has also acknowledged her successor will face some significant challenges, including with the council's local plan, which the planning inspectorate last week asked the council to withdraw for the second time this year."The local plan process has taken longer than we could possibly have expected," Ms Braun said."We are committed to taking this local plan through to the end of the process, so we will not be withdrawing it."It's going to take some time, but I think we're almost there." 'Future transitions' The new leader will also have to grapple with the issue of local government reorganisation, which will see the largest shake up of Gloucestershire's councils in a county's seven council leaders are currently debating whether to move to either one or two 'super councils' which will be responsible for running all services in Braun said there is a lot of work to do on future transitions."Local government reorganisation is going to continue for some time and it's really important we have some political shaping to that in terms of what any new council structures would look like," she added.
