VIEWS WANTED ON GREEN SPACES

Your views are wanted on new designs for the green spaces at Cobbs Place and Queens Arms Yard in Margate. This is all part of the improvement work to ensure the town looks its best in 2011 to support the opening of the Turner Contemporary Gallery.

The designs, which have been created by Groundwork following a public consultation in December 2010, are now on display in the Media Centre Margate for the next two weeks for local people to view and to provide their comments on.

As part of the initial consultation local people’s views were captured to help come up with some creative temporary solutions for these green spaces, as the land has been earmarked for development in the future. Using this feedback, Groundwork has now created some draft designs and we want to know what you think before they create the final design.

To view the designs and to make your comments, local people are invited to drop in to the Margate Media Centre, King Street, Margate anytime between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. The designs are also available to view online by visiting www.thisismargate.co.uk where you can also submit your comments or you can write to Thanet District Council, Po Box 9, Margate CT9 1XZ.

Director of the Margate Renewal Partnership, Derek Harding, said: “This is a great opportunity for local people to get involved in the future of Margate, with the projects at Cobbs place and Queens Arms Yard forming part of the wider improvement to the town. Almost 100 people took part in the initial consultation to come up with the concept of what they wanted to see there. It would be great to see just as many people commenting on how their views have been used and helping to shape the final design. This is an exciting time for Margate so I hope people take this opportunity to get involved”.

All comments must be submitted by Friday 11 March 2011. The final design will be created based on feedback from the consultation and is set to be implemented in both green spaces by June 2011.