On Wednesday the 20th of January George Cross (Director RP) met with John Browning (Project Manager, St James) as part of a new series of liaison meetings to discuss the development opposite Regatta Point.  The following are notes on the main points of the meeting.

Apologies from John Browning for not making contact sooner.  He has already established links with Green Dragon Lane Estate, local school and shop and should have done the same with RP.

The development consists of 91 units spread across three buildings – up from the 74 in the original application as an extra floor has been added to two of the buildings.  They are 8, 7 and 5 stories high.

All the preparation work is now complete and foundations are being laid.  Work should be complete by January 2017.

Operating hours are 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm on a Saturday.  It is not anticipated that any other work (save dismantling of the cranes) should take place outside of that.  It was reported that there was noise coming from site into the early hours of the morning the other week but this could not have been from this site as no overnight working has ever been approved.

There will be a lot of lorries using the site but they have to be booked 48 hours in advance as space is tight and must only arrive and leave during normal operating hours.

There will be a contraflow in operation in the road outside RP during the third week of February whilst the gas mains are extended from the RP pathway to the St James site.

Our new director, Hilary Oliver, will be the lead on liaisons with St. James going forward.