Gurnites may be interested in part of Dick
Youngson’s address to the AGM of Suburban Community Council last week"
"I think we should really think again about
the type of housing we need in Nairn and the type of people that are on the
waiting list and how we are going to fund that and develop it and run it
because it just isn’t a case now of developers having free reign to put in what
they want to make money. It’s really what we want. We want builders who are
actually do want to work to us, the “us” being the community as well as
Highland Council together . So I think a slightly different approach now is necessary
over the next 5-10 years, Because it’s not going to happen as it happened over
the last 20 years. Because the only way we are going to get funding and
development and movement is by actually spelling out what and where we want a
lot of new development. It equally applies to the development of the town and
we’ve really got to make an effort to get the town well planned, desireable for
traders to occupy property and bringing people in again. Otherwise Nairn as a
tourist town isn’t really going to survive as such, it’s going to be very much
a tourist town."
No, it's not going to happen like in recent years - the financial crisis has seen to that.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there has always been a disparity between aspirations and ability - ie, those who want a vision for the town, and those with the budget to actually implement change.
So what is Dick actually thinking of now? Is he talking about a complete reassessment of Nairn South, and existing planned developments?
Considering how many years it took just to get the Highland Council to action changes to the old community centre and petrol station, what sort of changes does he realistically expect to implement?