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Conservatives have let Northampton down over Grosvenor Centre
June 12, 2012 4:51 PM
The former Liberal Democrat planning chief, Cllr. Richard Church, has launched an attack on the Conservative administration at Northampton Borough Council after Legal & General have backed away from putting forwards an application for the improved Grosvenor Centre.
Richard Church said "The Liberal Democrats left the Council with a development agreement signed and significant progress towards the redevelopment of the Grosvenor Centre. It took several years of hard work to get to this point, and all this work has been squandered by a Conservative administration who entered office threatening to pull the plug on the Grosvenor development and are now running around in circles trying to save it.
"The Conservatives administration have lost the confidence of Legal & General too see this through. They took their eye off the ball and have let Northampton down badly. The Grosvenor Centre development is the crucial building block of regenerating our Town Centre and this is Cllr Mackintosh's last chance to show he has the leadership necessary to put the project back on track"