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Lot's of interesting snippets in this piece.

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A major redevelopment of property in South Devon by Plymouth Argyle owner James Brent has been hit by substantial delays.

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Legal discussions are now being held after Akkeron applied for changes to the agreed programme of works.

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Akkeron has still not drawn down leases to enable work to start on the housing scheme which will help pay for

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"Akkeron has produced an amended draft development programme which seeks, in our opinion, to change the phasing and timing of the works"

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"... the council expects the developer to comply with all of its contractual obligations..."

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The company had hit the headlines after changes in its hotel group operations. Akkeron had said the Oldway development is being done by a separate company and is not affected.

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James Brent has confirmed his commitment to the Oldway development

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A spokesman for Akkeron said: "Akkeron is committed to the regeneration of Oldway, and continues to work with the council to agree the timings of the drawdown for the leases which will look to ensure a successful outcome for the entire scheme."

Akkeron were due to draw down the leases for work to start on the houses before Christmas.

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Dearie me, not only Argyle getting it cheap then.

Let's hope this heralds* the dawn of an era of proper investigative journalism in Plymouth, starting with some questions about how the council makes decisions about major development schemes. I won't hold my breath.

*see what I did there?

The cracks are appearing, he has got too much on his plate, he doesn't have the experience to deliver these kinds of projects and he is being found out. Why don't people like him ever appear on rogue traders?

No conspiracy theories here .... but I've tried 5 times to get onto that page and 3 times I was told something like "too many redirects - try again later". I tried again later & twice I was warned that malware was to be found on that page. I managed it earlier this morning. Anyone else had problems?

The Herald site is heavily loaded with pop-ups and embedded stuff that starts automatically. That's probably why you get malware warnings.

(It also shows that your protection is more protective than mine!)

The Herald site is so loaded with stuff that it is more or less unusable. I go there as infrequently as is possible.

I can only apologise for linking to it but I don't think there is anything terribly malicious there even if it is a complete PITA.

In the same article it also mentions what happens when you deal with professional developers:

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Work is already underway on the Fernham flats after the site was sold to McCarthy and Stone. The income from this has gone to a special account over which Torbay Council has control.

Surely even the most piggy, aviva'd numpty must realise Brent is bloody useless  

Iggy wrote:

The cracks are appearing, he has got too much on his plate, he doesn't have the experience to deliver these kinds of projects and he is being found out. Why don't people like him ever appear on rogue traders?

To my knowledge JB hasn't shafted anyone out of any money yet.

Convincing the council to sign over the freehold to Home Park to AKKERON, before any contracts were signed, before the supplies, and materials, and builders were in.. well PCC weren't exactly coerced into it were they?

ejh wrote:

Iggy wrote:

The cracks are appearing, he has got too much on his plate, he doesn't have the experience to deliver these kinds of projects and he is being found out. Why don't people like him ever appear on rogue traders?

To my knowledge JB hasn't shafted anyone out of any money yet.

Convincing the council to sign over the freehold to Home Park to AKKERON, before any contracts were signed, before the supplies, and materials, and builders were in.. well PCC weren't exactly coerced into it were they?

Apart from Argyle, payments to pension pots?

'James' will just sit on the land and do nothing

At least people are starting to notice and talk about it and if nothing else it may provoke an investigation or two!

Torbay council have been pissed off with Brent for a while, surely Plymouth will wake up and follow suit.

I wish my Uni would be as flimsy with deadlines as the council is with Brent, I've got 7000 words due tomorrow    

spowell92 wrote:

I wish my Uni would be as flimsy with deadlines as the council is with Brent, I've got 7000 words due tomorrow    

Get Sam to write it - he's always got words to spare.

  

knecht wrote:

spowell92 wrote:

I wish my Uni would be as flimsy with deadlines as the council is with Brent, I've got 7000 words due tomorrow    

Get Sam to write it - he's always got words to spare.

  

Haha anyone have anything to say regarding the Male Gaze vs the Female Gaze?

spowell92 wrote:

knecht wrote:

spowell92 wrote:

I wish my Uni would be as flimsy with deadlines as the council is with Brent, I've got 7000 words due tomorrow    

Get Sam to write it - he's always got words to spare.

  

Haha anyone have anything to say regarding the Male Gaze vs the Female Gaze?

Lacan? He's so old hat.

knecht wrote:

spowell92 wrote:

knecht wrote:

spowell92 wrote:

I wish my Uni would be as flimsy with deadlines as the council is with Brent, I've got 7000 words due tomorrow    

Get Sam to write it - he's always got words to spare.

  

Haha anyone have anything to say regarding the Male Gaze vs the Female Gaze?

Lacan? He's so old hat.

He's touched upon, mostly feminist film theorists so far though, so Johnston, Mulvey, Butler...    

 

I've tried reading Lacan but never got past a resume. My daughter did some stuff on him but she's more clever than I am.

It's safe to say I'm going to be up all night. Brent could learn from my work ethic   

ejh wrote:

Iggy wrote:

The cracks are appearing, he has got too much on his plate, he doesn't have the experience to deliver these kinds of projects and he is being found out. Why don't people like him ever appear on rogue traders?

To my knowledge JB hasn't shafted anyone out of any money yet.

I certainly know of one local company who are owed substantial amounts and are getting extremely twitchy.

I wonder what the bill is so far from the Council Tax payers?

The Torbay Civic Society Committee

Oldway House & Gardens Date: 30th June 2014

Support the Proposal

Having been part of the Torbay Council Working Party concerning this redevelopment the Society were in favour of the final plans which have now been passed by Torbay Council. The first stage of the development ie Fernham House site, has commenced and our understanding is that work will commence on the Mansion and Rotunda later in 2014

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brent is finally coming good

The Fernham House site were sold off to a builder and the money is rink fence by the Council