The Cotgrave Village Design Statement

In 2001 the Cotgrave Forum set up a subgroup to develop a Village Design Statement (VDS) for Cotgrave (Terms of Reference):

Dave Bates – Chair

Anne Ellis

Fred Hopper

Brenda Linday

John Allsop

John & Brenda Ainslie

Ruth Okrafo-Smart

June O’dell

Pat Walsh

Susan Meech

Julie Rushby

Over the next four years, Fred Hopper, Brenda Linday, Ruth Okafro-Smart, Pat Walsh and Trevor Banks worked for this subgroup, engaging with Cotgrave residents to develop the VDS.

Rushcliffe Borough Council were unable formally to adopt VDSs developed in the borough as planning guidance, consequently the work has remained unpublished. However, unpublished VDSs are regarded as useful to inform the planning processes and in view of this, the subgroup decided, as part of its winding up process, to ask Cotgrave Town Council to publish the draft VDS on its web site. Recognising the historical value of the document, the Council has kindly agreed to proposal.

Readers of the document should understand that the VDS is now 10 years old and, as it has not been updated, represents an historical position. Never the less, residents and developers may find the content useful when considering changes that may come to Cotgrave in the future.

The materials used to prepare the VDS and the proofs of villager’s participation in the project are archived in the Cotgrave Town Council Archive facility.

Fred Hopper
01/02/2011

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