The Next Big Thing

14th May 2025. Latest update. Amendment to planning PP-14019473v1 has just been submitted. Now there’s an 8 week period before I find out the results. Fingers crossed everyone.

1st May 2025. Latest update. No road closures planned for the near to mid term. We have been working hard to navigate the slow planning process and will hopefully be submitting an amendment this week. We’ve no idea if this will be sufficient to get started but its the only path we have right now. We are still very keen to get started with repairing this old building. This part of the paperwork has taken 6 months on its own with another 8 weeks to pass before we even have a response. In a perfect world, work will start before the winter but I’m not holding my breath.

8th Jan 2025. Time ticks away with little happening at Paradise. We are submitting a new listed building consent application as the original one has proved inadequate to renovate the building. We are limited in any action we can take at present, so for now we have to wait. We are not expecting anything to happen before early summer at best.

19th June 2024 update. The first big set back has appeared. Unfortunately due to the fact that we haven’t had responses from Heritage and planning yet. My builder is unwilling to start the work planned in for the next two weeks. This is frustrating but we need to ensure that we have agreement before proceeding.

19th May 2024 update. Updated on the 19th May 2024, We have received a prompt from the council to make the north wall safe and prevent its condition becoming worse. This was always known as its been like it for years, but receiving the prompt has brought forward our plans on the north wall. We are currently arranging for builders and scaffolding to arrive on the 21st of June 2024 for two weeks. This will narrow the road in front of the building. It will not prevent foot travel and so is not being deemed by the highways as a road closure. I do anticipate that it will prevent a vehicle from passing. There are still departments that have yet to give me a response to my proposal. Once we have feed back from Heritage, Planning and so on, the plan will become more solid. Any changes will be updated here. This consultation may result in dates moving a bit but the work has to be done one way or another, so it will be getting done sooner rather than later.

8th April 2024 Update. OK so hold the roof!! this could be some distance off. We don’t expect anything major to happen externally in the next 12 months. ( all subject to change 🙂 )

Initial Statement: The first big thing that will cause some disruption to local residents in the form of road blockages and cordons will be be the roof, or part of the roof coming off. I will post it here and warn you all prior to it starting.

You will be aware of the asbestos on the roof. Although the risk to health is negligible. We are currently investigating ways to remove the asbestos so as to minimise any dust, and comply with planning regulations and requirements. This includes getting quotes from professional contractors and assessing the feasibility of whether or not its possible to do ourselves, so long as the correct protocols are in place.

This is all a long way off at present, and may not for many months. As soon as We have a more solid time frame, We will publish it here.