This bonkers development on Rufford Street and Pembroke street, next to the Bemerton Estate is causing disruption again.  They have blocked off the pedestrian route between Bingfield Park and Pembroke Street which leads through to the Cally Road via the Bemerton.  To add insult to injury they have dumped about three standard skips in the street and a giant rubbish container (see pics).  There seem to be no skip licences, nor closure notices.  This is part of the public highway and needs a formal process to close it.  Will check with the Council whether this is licensed or not.  All hugely inconsiderate but typical of the daft way this development has been put together.  The developer will have great fun shifting these units in the teeth of a credit crunch.

UPDATE

Cllr Convery has got in touch

‘As far as I know, there is no valid order obtained by Tudorvale to close the Freeling Street pathway to Bingfield Park. This is another example of Tudorvale’s disregard for all the basic rules about their development. Their contractors also decided to work all day March 21st (a statutory public holiday) in clear breach of their planning conditions.

‘They have annexed a large part of Gifford Street (with Heras fencing) to store materials (aggregates and topsoil) and provide free parking for contractors’ vehicles whilst using Gifford Street and Pembroke Street as staging areas for the large-scale movement of building materials around their site.’