Mechanical Memories Magazine

As also reported last issue, our project partners, Thanet District Council, served a
Compulsory Purchase Order on the current site owners, Margate Town Centre
Regeneration Company (MTCRC) on the 3rd June 2011.
The Council has now received objections from MTCRC and its associated companies.
This means the CPO will go to Public Inquiry. TDC is currently preparing the
necessary statement and documentation required for the Inquiry. The Inquiry will be
held in the second week of January.
Meanwhile urgent works to the cinema building are now in progress. Coombs
(Canterbury) Ltd took over the site at the beginning of July and will remain on site
until December. This means access is restricted so it is unlikely that we will be
running events and activities on site until this work is complete and the CPO
concluded. The Scenic Railway is awaiting urgent work to begin. A quantity surveyor
has been instructed to produce a bill of quantities, after which tenders will go out for
the various works that need doing.
Nick Laister
Chairman, The Dreamland Trust
Jan Leandro (Audience Development Officer)
www.dreamlandmargate.com
www.savedrean1la11d.co.uk
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