Royal Tunbridge Wells - The Local Press reports on Grot Spots
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS TOWN FORUM |
26.06.10 - TUNNEL DERAILS SALE OF CINEMA
Rail line under town ‘grot spot’ will cost additional millions to any developer |
21.05.10 - EMPTY HOMES CLOSE TO A THOUSAND
in Royal Tunbridge Wells and the Borough of Tunbridge Wells |
09.05.10 - Letter - re: Arriva Bus and its ‘mega grot spot’ in RTW (1 May 2010) |
08.05.10 - Cinema Site: Eyesore at the heart of town to go on open market
Real hope at last as old cinema is put up for sale Buyer sought to submit plans for long-awaited regeneration |
07.05.10 - EYESORE IS FOR SALE YET AGAIN
The infamous grot spot: The old cinema site |
03.05.10 - GROT SPOTS - EMPTY PROPERTIES
In Royal Tunbridge Wells: Blighted by an empty house - for 12 years: With 650,000 unoccupied homes in England, why isn't more being done? |
02.05.10 - ARRIVA BID PUTS FOCUS ON MEGA GROT SPORT
£1.59bn deal (with Deutsche Bahn) may end Arriva bus depot blight (St. John's Road / Woodbury Park Road) |
08.01.10 - COUNCIL MAY GO FOR ABC SITE
Compulsory purchase for the Cinema Site? |
21.08.09 - SEVEN DEADLY SINS RUINING OUR TOWN Royal Tunbridge Wells
Town Forum calls on Council to clean up |
15.08.09 - ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS CONSERVATION AREA AT RISK of neglect, decay, damaging changes
Royal spa town's battle over a very modern mess |
16.01.09 - FEARS THAT WOOLWORTH'S SITE WILL BECOME GROT SPOT IN ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS |
08.08.08 - NEGLECTED STATION IS SET FOR REVAMP
. . . National Station Improvement Programme between 2009 and 2014 |
01.07.08 - Starting to enhance Monson Colonnade |
13.06.08 ABC SITE HOPES ( - at the end of August)
"When will something be done about that site?" |
13.06.08 - FUTURE AS CULTURAL CENTRE IS NEGLECTED
What are the factors which have led to this sorry state of affairs? |
02.05.08 - TRADERS BEAR BRUNT OF FILTHY STREET SCENE |
11.04.08 - TUNBRIDGE WELLS STATION IS IN LINE FOR A SET OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
. . . the project will run between 2009 and 2014 |
07.03.08 - Cinema site / Ritz building: "Development speculation has an ugly face."
Letter to the editor and website comment |
22.02.08 - GROT SPOT PLANS ARE READY TO BE UNVEILED
The vision for the worst grot spot in Tunbridge Wells - the ABC cinema site - will be unveiled on Wednesday 27 February 2008. |
01.02.08 - GIVE US A TOWN WE CAN BE PROUD OF |
23.01.08 - EMPTY HOUSING CAMPAIGN
West Kent (Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge & Malling) joint East Kent's 'No Use Empty Scheme' |
18.01.08 - TOWN CORE IS ROTTEN AND WE ARE IN A MESS |
27.12.07 - CLEANING UP TUNBRIDGE WELLS |
05.12.07 - CLEAN UP - Going ... Going ...
. . . improve the appearance . . . action to tackle neglected buildings and pieces of land or 'grot spots' . . . |
29.10.07 - TRAVIS PERKINS 'GROT SPOT' SEES MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
The improvements to make the site in Tunnel Road tidier included houses being demolished and a new fence. |
10.09.07 - ROYAL OR NO LONGER ?
. . . following on down the hill from this eye-sore (the old cinema) are yet more empty and run-down shops and units . . . |
15.06.07 - KEY AREA OF ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS IS COMPLETE DISGRACE
. . . new rash of bollards at Five Ways / Precinct – there are now 62 in this small area . . . . |
08.06.07 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT reputation campaign is about councils working together to deliver these core actions: . . . "know your grot spots – and deal with them" |
08.05.07 - FIVE WAYS IS DRAB AND UNWELCOMING SAY THE PUBLIC
"Around the Clock": Survey of users views about improving Five Ways |
16.04.07 - Who is to Blame?
KCC for poor standards or TWBC for its "can't be bothered attitude" ? |
18.03.07 - REPORT: Highways / Environment / Townscape / Streetscene:
Town Centre Lampposts Standards: Mount Pleasant and Crescent Road Streetlights |
22.12.06 - MONUMENT RESTORATION
Gower Fountain at Quarry Road / Albion Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells |
24.11.06 - Website to tackle EAST KENT's 9000 EMPTY HOMES
( . . . and West Kent? - e.g. Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks?) |
03.11.06 - STRIPE ME PINK ! UPROAR AT 'SHOCKING' SPLASH OF COLOUR
. . . garish paintwork causing uproar . . . there is no difference to graffiti. |
13.10.06 - Pledge to tackle eyesores and bring town together
New planning director (Robert Cottrill) outlines vision for future. |
13.10.06 - WAR ON THE GROT SPOTS
Planning chief pledges action over eyesores Eyesores which disfigure the face of Tunbridge Wells are to be urgently tackled |
03.10.06 - It don't mean a thing if it ain't got a sting"
WHY DO OUR NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAKE RULES THAT THEY ARE NOT PREPARED TO ENFORCE ? |
11.08.06 - LAMP'S FUTURE LOOKS DIM
Renowned architect, Ptolemy Dean vowed to continue his fight to save a period lamp in Chapel Place in Tunbridge Wells |
09.06.06 - SATELLITE DISHES
Planning permission always needed in Conservation Areas Listed Building Consent may be required |
31.05.06 - ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS TOWN FORUM WELCOMES ACTION ON LOCAL GROT SPOT
'Brighten up Royal Tunbridge Wells' Focus Group . . . to campaign for an improvement in the town’s general appearance. |
18.05.06 - COUNCIL SEEKS GROT SPOTS CLEAN UP
"The Council can also carry out enforcement action in specific circumstances and we are not afraid to do this." |
27.03.06 - HIGHWAYS GROTS in Royal Tunbridge Wells
- Pavements, Lampposts, Dirty Signs, Fly-posting, Street Furniture for RTW Town Forum Meeting 27 March 2006 |
26.03.06 - 'DISGUSTED' tackles PM [Tony Blair] over mess |
19.02.06 - DISGUSTED OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS MOVES TO THE WEB
While some visitors to Tunbridge Wells may not see beyond the smart Pantiles shopping area, at least one disgusted resident says the town is run-down. website: Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells |
07.02.06 - Former Cinema Site Progress Update [empty since December 2000]
Demolition is planned to commence in April, with construction following in July 2006. |
27.01.06 - TOWN'S CHARACTER NEEDS SENSITIVITY
Street clutter and a perceived lack of sensitivity towards the character of Tunbridge Wells by highways engineers is being tackled by the town hall. |
09.12.05 - Lack of action dispiriting (Letter: Stuart Page, Architect)
09.12.05 - Why aren't streets swept more often? (Letter: resident) |
07.12.05 - GROT SPOT PROSECUTION
Proof that the Council is serious about improving the appearance of the town for the benefit of all residents. |
02.12.05 - EYESORE LIST IS PASSED ON TO TOWN HALL
Campaign to clean up town applauded at forum meeting. |
02.12.05 - Joined-up thinking will improve town (Letters: RIBA South East, TW Soroptimists, residents) |
29.11.05 - Top Eyesores / GROT SPOTS in Royal Tunbridge Wells
for RTW Town Forum Meeting 29 November 2005 |
25.11.05 (II.) - WHAT WE WANT IS VISION
- continuing Mary Harris' [Courier chief reporter] promenade around town with TV's Ptolemy Dean. |
25.11.05 - Spot-the-grot trail revisited.
The Kent and Sussex Courier on 4 November 2005 revealed the campaign to rid the town of eyesore sites. |
25.11.05 - Time to take up the gauntlet (News Item)
TV expert and Tunbridge Wells resident Ptolemy Dean has shed new light on the declining street environment. |
18.11.05 - Spot the Grot, Stop the Rot (Letter: resident)
18.11.05 - Grot Spots (Letter: Tunbridge Wells Twinning and Friendship Association) |
18.11.05 - SHOPS ARE AN EYESORE ON ESTATE
"It looks like Beirut," fumed a resident of Ramslye as he surveyed the boarded up and decaying shops in Ropers Gate which have stood empty for years. |
11.11.05 - COMPANY MUST CLEAR EYESORE
Prosecution if graffiti is not removed from derelict pub site. |
11.11.05 - Falling into shabby decline (Letter: resident) |
04.11.05 - COUNCIL ANSWERS QUESTIONS OVER "EYESORES". |
04.11.05 - List of the Town's worst "Grot Spots".
Factors spoiling the town. |
04.11.05 (I.) - STOP THE ROT
Clean up: A more pro-active stance on ugly buildings. Tunbridge Wells has lost its sparkle and the borough council is under-using its powers to stop the rot. |
04.11.05 (III.) - Shining Example on the coast.
The Turnaround of the "shabby town" of Hastings through the efforts of its borough councils was held up as a shinning example. |
20.10.05 - ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS: "GEORGIAN ELEGANCE AND NATURAL BEAUTY"
- Section 215 - Why don't we use it? |