‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project

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Residents of Frome, Somerset, raised nearly £1 million to fund a community-led regeneration project aiming to develop homes, workspaces, and recreational spaces on brownfield land. Despite strong local support, Somerset council rejected the proposal in favor of a deal with a London-based real estate company.

Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company A bold bid by residents of a progressive town in the English West Country who raised almost £1m to create what could have been the UK’s largest community-led regeneration project is in tatters. More than 1,000 residents of Frome in Somerset had clubbed together with the aim of building homes, workspaces, a riverside park and a lido on a brownfield area in their town centre. Continue reading...