Archives for January 2013

The fate of the market has been at the centre of the debate on how the proposals for developing Churchgate and the surrounding area, but neither developer had recent discussions with the market traders before presenting their impressions of how they … [Read more...]

NHDC Full Council meets on Thursday January 31st to decide whether to extend the Development Agreement with Simons Ltd. The Churchgate Liaison Forum on January 9th and the Public Meeting organized by Keep Hitchin Special on January 22nd discussed … [Read more...]

Hammersmatch's Proposals for Churchgate Hammersmatch, the current leaseholder of the Churchgate shopping centre, has just published its proposals for its refurbishment and extension.  These provide an interesting and helpful counterpoint to the … [Read more...]

 Churchgate Liaison Forum (CLF) was convened again on January 9th almost 2 years after its last meeting. Simons’ representatives gave an account of their current proposals. An apparently able and articulate architect gave a very clear account of what … [Read more...]

Hitchin Committee met on January 8th and discussed the latest plans. They had received a special briefing from Simons and had received comments from their electorate. They reflected on the time that it has taken for Simons to make any progress, that … [Read more...]

Simons Proposals for Redevelopment of Churchgate & Surroundings The new proposals show that Simons have listened to the criticisms made 18 months ago.  It is however difficult to understand why in 18 months they have only produced such sketchy … [Read more...]

The exhibition put on by Simons from January 3rd - 5th was interesting. Nice to see them after such a long absence. Pleasant fellows, mostly, talking about the new proposals, well about the sketches they have drawn up in the past few weeks. Not much … [Read more...]