An interesting exchange today between Hallam's barrister and Alan Harvey, the council officer who is the case officer for the application. Hallam painted a picture of Ashby as a "vibrant" town, a place with only minor historical character, shops bulging with customers. Of course it is worthy of development... The council agreed but said it didn't necessary help Hallam, because there are other sites being considered.
When we give evidence, we'll be reinforcing the cost and limitations of the town's vibrancy. The jammed up town centre road system as everyone gets to the secondary schools and Tesco, the employment areas - again on the other side of town, the demographics of Ashby which show that a lot of people who live here work elsewhere. We'll also be saying that the historical nature of the town owes as much to it's scale as to the fact it has a castle and the immediate hinterland of Market Street!
We're on tomorrow - 9.30am to 1pm. Then everyone decamps back home for the weekend and the Royal Hotel reverts to it's role as a gentille wedding venue!
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