The Council last night announced that the new Pan developer will be Barratts, who will have to get started by the end of this month if £11m of government money for affordable housing isn't to be lost. Any start is likely to be fairly symbolic, with the real start sometime in late June/early July.
So the Island will have 254 new social housing homes by March 2015, which is to be welcomed.
Not sure about these developers though, which I am sure will lead to many groans of disappointment.......
Can I just stress that I had no involvement in the appointment, which was recommended to the 2 Tory Councillor decision-makers (Cllrs Bingham & Cousins) by a panel of 2 senior Council officers, a senior officer of Medina Housing Association's parent body, and the manager of PNP. That's not to say that the decision was not the right one - I just don't want to be associated with it !!!
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