Urban Gravesham

1/05/12 

Urban Gravesham launch a petition for free weekend parking in Gravesham Town Centre. 

Urban Gravesham wish to encourage & support a flourishing Gravesend town centre. The recent Mary Portas High Street Review concludes that a priority for any thriving town centre and the survival of small shops and businesses is free car parking.  Urban Gravesham has therefore started a petition to bring back free Saturday parking.  

Urban Gravesham has  every sympathy for the difficult financial decisions the Council has to make. However, we think it is time for the council to think again on parking charges.  We hope that all councillors will  listen to the public and to traders and reconsider.

Anyone wishing to sign the petition or collect signatures should phone 01474 566701 or 07948 214 802.

The petition form can be downloaded here

In addition members of Urban Gravesham will be outside the Library on Saturday mornings.  You can chat to our members about our various campaigns and sign our petition there.

Major changes to listed Gravesend Train Station

Network Rail have applied for planning permission to GBC to demolish the 1904 lattice footbridge to be replaced by a much larger metal bridge at the station. They also wish to destruct the original water tower at the end of platform one, to make way for this new bridge. Network Rail are also seeking permission to install a third platform at the station running through the centre of the current tracks.

Although Urban Gravesham realises that adaptions to the station have to be made to move forward into the 21st century, we feel that any alterations to the station should be sympathetic and in keeping with our Grade 2 award winning listed Railway Station - which the proposals from Network Rail are not.

Please look at the images and make your comments known to:

Adam Holloway
MPHouse of Commons London SW1A 0AA

Clive GilbertService Manager, Development Control, Gravesham Borough Council, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent DA12 1AU

Michael Jessop, Senior Planning Officer, Gravesham Borough Council, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent DA12 1AU

QUOTING: Planning application 20110865