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Council told they no longer have the right to buy back the building because officers believe the owner has 'substantially completed' the proposed refurbishment in accordance with the agreed planning permission.
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This letter makes it clear there's at least one Ventnorian that feels conned by the re-opened, repainted Ventnor Winter Gardens. Where's the fancy hotel and restaurants that won the bid, they ask.
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As part of a Community Partnership, students from the College are going to be brought in for work experience to help make the building habitable again following extensive vandalism.
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OnTheWight digs in to find out what will happen to the Winter Gardens if the owner fails to complete their development by July 2014, as is looking increasingly likely.
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We can expect to see the hoardings be erected around the Winter Gardens in the next month says a spokesperson from The Hambrough Group.
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We work through the paperwork and seek answers to questions raised by OnTheWight readers in relation to the sale of the Ventnor Winter Gardens.
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Owner of Winter Gardens "absolutely committed" to project, despite no schedule of works being presented to councillors.
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The previously promised opening date of Summer 2013 is wishful thinking now as The Hambrough Group admit they still haven't appointed building contractors.
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Looks like the sale of the Winter Gardens to The Hambrough Group has finally gone through following planning approval.
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Stewart Blackmore questions George Brown over the sale and deterioration of the Ventnor Winter Gardens.
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A revised application for development of the Ventnor Winter Gardens is now open to a three week public consultation
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It's over a year and a half since the council closed the Winter Gardens. Since then it's not been maintained at all. The latest thing they've done is to board up all of the windows making it look ten times worse - just at the start of the holiday season
