Dreamland
MARGA TE
Save Dreamland Update March 2011
Public Inquiry
The Public Inquiry into Thanet District Council' s decision to serve a Compulsory
Purchase Order on the owners of Dreamland, Margate Town Centre Regeneration
Company (MTCRC), resumed on the 6 March and ran to the 9 March, completing its
fourth week. The Inquiry heard evidence from Thanet District Council's Planning
Project Manager, Ashley Hills, and then from me. Ashley I were the final witnesses at
the inquiry. The inquiry wll end of 26 March when the barristers read their closing
submissions.
12-year-old Gavin Kapuscinski asked to speak at the last inquiry session in
February and found himself prominently featured in the local press. The Isle ofThanet
Gazette reported that Richard Glover QC, the barrister for MTCRC, took the
opportunity to cross-examine the school boy and suggested that he did not understand
the proposals. Gavin explained that he had followed the inquiry online and seen
MTCRC ' s plans for 474 homes at Dreamland.
Dreamland and the Vintage Pinball Parlour at Geek
We were absolutely delighted to be invited to appear, with the Vintage Pinball
Parlour, at the inaugural Gaming Expo East Kent (GEEK) in February.
For five days the Winter Gardens in Margate was transformed into a retro gaming
festival with over 2,000 visitors, from grandchildren to grandparents, playing games,
competing, learning, breaking the Guinness Book of Records for the largest number of
players in a PONG tournament and even a Nintendisco.
Now firmly on the cultural heritage tourism map, GEEK will return next year
with even more on offer- so watch this space as they say. For more information about
the expo visit www.geek20l2.co.uk.
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