CANAL CORRIDOR PLANS GO TO PUBLIC INQUIRY

It's Our City is extremely pleased that, following calls from both local people and national organisations, the Secretary of State has decided to hold a public inquiry into the Centros plans for the Canal Corridor North site in Lancaster. 
 
The Government Office of the North West has provided a list of reasons why the Centros plans will be scrutinised in this way. Its concerns include the overall sustainability of the scheme, the impact it will have on traffic, the effect it will have on retail in the existing city centre and in other sub-regional centres such as Kendal, and whether the impact on conservation areas of the demolition of so many historic buildings can be justified. 

Cal Giles from It’s Our City says “These are exactly the same concerns that we have over these plans. We are delighted that all of these problems with Centros’s scheme will now be considered by an independent body”.

Emilie Secker adds “It’s Our City has been asking detailed questions about all of these issues since Centros came to Lancaster. Both Centros and the Council have largely failed to provide adequate answers. The public inquiry means that now they will have to answer them”.