Bandstand, war memorial and fountain will not be moved, council leader says
5:40pm Wednesday 6th June 2012 in News
REDDITCH Council has no intention of relocating the town’s central war memorial, fountain or bandstand, the leader of the authority has confirmed.
Councillor Bill Hartnett has responded to make his position clear after one of the options being explored amongst ideas for the future development of the town centre gathered an unexpected amount
of local traction.
While there were no actual plans in place to relocate the town centre’s war memorial, fountain or bandstand for town centre development purposes, the idea to do so had been consulted upon as part
of general town centre landscaping plans, which attracted approximately 115 responses.
Among the responses, public opposition to some ideas for the war memorial, fountain or bandstand was made clear and petitions were submitted to the council as well as other feedback.
Coun Hartnett said: “Moving the war memorial, fountain or bandstand in the development of that area was never a firm plan and I can confirm that the council has no plans to pursue it further. It’s
clear that there is no appetite for it, as responses from the community have shown.
“The final decision will of course be made by councillors through the formal committee process in due course, and the views that residents have submitted to us will be included in this debate. But
to be clear, we have no intention of progressing these particular ideas.”
Originally imagined to complement the regeneration of St Stephens Church and its surrounding area by a partnership of the church and Redditch Council, ideas that have been consulted on include
using land to the south of the church as an events or plaza space and land to the north of the church as a more tranquil church garden area. This would include relocating the war memorial and
bandstand.
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