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Consultation to explore Herne Bay plans Canterbury City Council (CCC) has unveiled a six-week consultation to allow local residents to comment on a draft masterplan for the regeneration of Herne Bay. The council is working with Coplan and Denne to transform the area, which will see a new hotel built in the centre of the town. The plans will be on display at Christ Church in William Street until 25 September, while copies of the proposals are available at the CCC office and Herne Bay library.


NI community centre contractor named Banbridge District Council has


chosen Newry-based company Felix O'Hare to deliver a new £2m community centre in Gilford, County Armagh. The proposed new Stramore Park facility will boast a multi-purpose, four- court sports hall designed to accommodate a range of indoor sports, as well as a fitness suite and meeting rooms. It is hoped the centre, which is due to open in September 2011, will act as a hub for sports and arts activities.


Bank safeguards Bournemouth interest Jon Gershinson and Louisa


Brooks of consultancy Allsop have been named as receivers to Sheridan Millennium, which currently holds the lease to the IMAX in Bournemouth. Sheridan Millennium's lender called in Gershinson and Brooks over outstanding rent and service charges. Bournemouth Borough Council, which aims to transform the venue into a new tourist destination, confirmed the move would not affect its development.


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By Pete Hayman A multi-million pound bid to acquire London's historic Walthamstow Stadium as part of efforts to return greyhound racing to the venue has been turned down by owners London and Quadrant (L&Q). Bob Morton, a businessman


and honorary president of the Greyhound Owners, Breeders and Trainers Association, is reported to have bid between £8-9m for the stadium. However, L&Q told the


Waltham Forest Guardian that Morton's bid failed to meet the


"current market valuation and potential of the site". L&Q is planning to transform


the Walthamstow Stadium site with an affordable housing project, but has now come under fire from the campaign


EU funding for Bridgend project


Plans for a multi-million pound regeneration of Bridgend have been given a boost after the Welsh Assembly Government confirmed more than £7.7m towards the scheme. Funding has come from


the Convergence Euro- pean Regional Develop- ment and the Targeted Match Fund and will complement local authority and Heritage Lottery Fund support. It is hoped the project


will increase commercial confidence in the area and improve pedestrian safety.


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Walthamstow Stadium offer rejected Businessman's bid for historic greyhound racing venue dismissed by owners L&Q


Walthamstow's iconic greyhound racing track shut in August 2008


group Save Our Stow, MPs and local councillors for rejecting Morton's bid outright. Local MPs Iain Duncan Smith


and Stella Creasy said: We are very disappointed that L&Q has rejected Bob Morton's offer without meeting him before- hand. L&Q now need to answer some very serious questions."


Matt Davis, leader of the


Conservative group at the London Borough of Waltham Forest, added: "We very strong- ly urge L&Q to reconsider their hasty and ill judged rejection of Bob Morton's offer and to do the right thing for Waltham Forest and work with him to achieve a deal."


GBC to consider Gravesend plans By Pete Hayman


Gravesham Borough Council (GBC) has announced that plans for the creation of a new £120m Heritage Quarter in Gravesend, Kent, will be considered by its regulatory board on 20 September. London-based property


group Edinburgh House is working in partnership with the local authority on the develop- ment, which is to be carried out in two stages and initially went before planners in April before being deferred. The proposed Heritage


Quarter will boast more than 20,000sq ft (1,858sq m) of


Read Leisure Opportunities online www.leisureopportunities.com/digital A town square will be created


restaurants and leisure facilities; a hotel; a town square; and a children's play area. New and enhanced St


Andrews Gardens; retail units and housing also form part of the scheme, with the first phase to be completed in mid-2012.


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