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Council approves £330m village plans
Council considers
Major Forestmill development given the green light by Clackmannanshire Council
Taunton pool plans
A new swimming pool could be By Pete Hayman
built in Taunton, Somerset,
under plans to improve the The £330m Forestmill village
town's swimming provision being development, which is set to be
considered by Taunton Deane built near Alloa, Clackmannan-
Borough Council (TDBC). shire, has been given the green
According to a report put before light by the local authority.
the Community Scrutiny Clackmannanshire Council's
Committee on 13 October, the decision to award planning
two existing swimming pools – permission follows the Scottish
Station Road and St James Street Government's announcement
– are "coming to the end of their in June that a public inquiry
useful lives". A feasibility study, into the scheme had been
carried out by Strategic Leisure, scrapped due to the approval The Muir Group is behind the plans for the Forestmill development
put before the council in 2005 of the Clackmannanshire
found that a new pool would Structure Plan 3rd Alteration. bowling green, tennis courts work with The Muir Group over
cost around £10m, although Fife-based developer The and a leisure centre – and a the past decade has brought
TDBC will update the findings to Muir Group now expects work housing scheme are also this application to fruition and
take the scheme forward. The to get underway on the project proposed as part of the their commitment to develop-
six-lane 33m swimming pool at within the next three years, development, which will see ing in Clackmannanshire further
Station Road first opened in which will include a 100-bed- the restoration and upgrade of demonstrates the attractiveness
1974, while the St James Street room hotel and a champion- Meadowhill open cast mine. of Clackmannanshire as a
Pool dates back to 1935. ship-standard golf course. Clackmannanshire Council's location with good transport
A range of community and planning committee convenor, links and which offers an
W London Leicester
leisure facilities – such as a Alistair Campbell, said: "Our excellent quality of life."
Square topped out
Construction work on the W
London Leicester Square hotel
Gloucester receives £11m boost
Argyll hotels
has reached the topping out
net HIE funding
phase. Designed by Jestico and By Pete Hayman Plans for a major £7.4m
Whiles Architects, the hotel is refurbishment of two
being built by Irish developer, Plans for the regeneration of hotels in Argyll, West
the McAleer & Rushe Group, and Gloucester city centre have Scotland – the Ugadale
is set to open in October 2010. been handed a boost after Hotel in Machrihanish and
The 194-bedroom hotel will be receiving £11.2m from the the Royal Hotel in
owned and operated by Starwood South West Regional Develop- Campbeltown – have
Hotels and Resorts and will ment Agency (SWRDA). been handed a £1.2m
include 10 two-level luxury The Economic Linkages boost by Highlands and
branded residences, a signature project to improve public areas Islands Enterprise.
spa, a SWEAT-branded health and streets between the city The docks will receive funding US-based Southworth
and fitness club, a destination centre and a £400m Gloucester Development is behind
restaurant and a Living Quays retail development is in Ian Knight, SWRDA area the scheme through its
Room-branded night club. It will line to receive £7m. director, said: "The fact this Kintyre Development
be the first of two W-branded It is hoped that the funding project has made it through a Company subsidiary,
hotels to open in the UK next package, of which the remain- tough process following which also owns the new
year. The other, in Manchester, ing £4.2m will go towards the substantial budget cuts at the Machrihanish Dunes Golf
has been designed by architect completion of the Gloucester RDA, shows the economic Club - an 18-hole links
Ian Simpson and is scheduled to Docks scheme, will help the city significance of Gloucester's course opened in July.
open by the end of 2010. to fulfil its economic potential. docks and city centre."
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