After the inappropriate ‘dalek litter bins’, we now have inappropriate cycle lockers blighting our conservation area. No thought for aesthetics or DUTY towards the conservation area. We thought Cheltenham BC had grasped the importance of high quality design in the CA.

An enviable trait of an architect must be the ability to leave a legacy to future generations, the pinnacle of which might be a building’s eventual listing.

So why are they content to put their names to mediocre rubbish that might not even survive them?

Dutch gables.

In an attempt to deter people spitting out chewing gum, Cheltenham Borough Council has graffiti-ed the pavements. How is that helping to keep the town looking smart? What message does it send to all the taggers and vandals who damage our town?

Not only is this building on lower High Street inappropriate for the Conservation Area, it is degrading quickly. It’s just 13 years old. How did we get this so wrong?

The Planning Forum walked round the lower High Street area yesterday. This is the oldest part of town with evidence of burgage plots and an interesting mix of buildings in the Central Conservation Area - and some really charming ones.

These pictures show a model reinstatement being done outside the Brewery. Note the stone was taken out without damage, set aside carefully, the bollard replaced (so waiting for concrete to set), ready for correct reinstatement. This has been done by a local building company.

This beautiful building was pulled down in 1968, a victim of a street widening scheme for the benefit of cars. Its replacement doesn’t seem much slimmer so did it really have to go?

We’re having a last push before our petition closes on Monday. Please help us reach 2500 signatures by signing then not just sharing, but actively persuading others to sign too.

Love our York stone!

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What a beautiful evening!

Some of the comments we’ve received from our petition. It seems only Gloucestershire County Council is oblivious to the aesthetic and heritage importance of the York stone on the Promenade.
Sign our petition here: chng.it/kx9dzHFJQS

Over 1000 signatures demonstrates the public interest in the Promenade and especially the threat from a complacent Highway Authority that wants to rip up the Yorkstone and tarmac it instead.

Please add your signature and share with friends and family: chng.it/kx9dzHFJQS

Worcester can do it.

Bath can do it.

Even Cirencester can do it - properly laid, properly maintained, appropriate town centre paving in historic settings.

So why can’t Cheltenham do it?

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The state of the Promenade’s paving isn’t a recent concern. Gloucestershire County Council’s neglect of the Promenade has been evident for years: see pics. Note their reinstatements consistently fail, not the whole area. Please sign the petition here: chng.it/kx9dzHFJQS