If you’ve been a VB reader for more than three years, you’ll remember the comprehensive coverage we gave to a campaign in 2008 against plans to demolish Hazelhurst, a Victorian building in the ‘Freshwater Mile’.
News reached residents a couple of weeks ago that plans are in place by Ryde Demolition to demolish the building in March.
In an effort to save the building from demolition, we understand that Hazelhurst is now the subject of a request for an urgent listed order by English Heritage.
“Short sighted plans”
Local resident Becca Cameron told VB, “All the locals are upset by this as it is a fine beautiful Victorian building. It seems also very silly and short sighted to knock this grand old place down, when they cannot rebuild to the plans due to the new conversation area status.”
Ms Cameron went in to say, “The locals feel so strongly that they are saying that they will stand in front of the bulldozers and form a line around the house to prevent the demolition in March.”
Since the original permission was given, the plot is now within a Conservation Area, meaning it would also need a “Conservation Consent Order to demolish” in order to go ahead with the planned demolition.
Send your comments to English Heritage
If you would like to submit supporting comments or documents to this process you can email EH on [email protected] including “EH2683” only the above reference as the email subject.
Alternatively supplementary material can be submitted to arrive by 19 February 2011.
Send to English Heritage, Eastgate Court, 195-205 High Street, Guildford GU1 3EH
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