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Construction Skills Centre
Working in partnership with Stroud College and Stroud District Council, a £½ million was raised from funding bids to European Social Funding and the South West Regional Development Agency to set up the training centre in Dursley. This has enabled local people to ensure that they are trained to take up opportunities locally on the development of the Littlecombe site (the former Lister industrial site), which is now being redeveloped for mixed use, some 600 homes being built. Stroud College refurbished one of its older buildings as a temporary base so that the Centre could open in October 2006. The first course has been completed in bricklaying with many of those trained joining local companies, whilst the first Painting & Decorating course is progressing well. New courses in Bricklaying and Painting & Decorating have now commenced, whilst the plan for relocation to a new Centre is planned for Spring. For more information, please call Dursley Education Centre on 01453 542060 or Stroud College 01453 763424, website
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Design Structure Plan for Town Centre Development

Roger Evans Associates are currently putting the final touches to the Development Framework for Dursley town centre. They have been working in Dursley, consulting planners with regard to the developments at Littlecombe and the Supermarket, as well as consulting key stakeholders and local people. Their brief was to produce a plan which will inform both public and private development. It included plans to look at improvements to the town, and importantly the links between Littlecombe and the town, Littlecombe and the Supermarket and the Supermarket to the town. Other areas discussed in the brief were - the town centre and how to maximise the area around the Market Hall; Water Street and the Broadwell, part of our heritage which is rather neglected; as well as management of traffic and transport and car parking. The built and natural environment were all part of their brief.

Download the latest version of the report on the Town Centre Design Framework (1.4MB).

Please visit our 'What's New > Latest News' page to read progress on the Littlecombe and Sainsbury's developments.

One outcome has been the setting up of two groups, The GL11 Stakeholder Group and the Town Centre Project group.

The GL11 stakeholder group
This was set up after one of the Stakeholder meetings where those present requested that all the different councillors work together to ensure that its recommendations were implemented. It comprises, Gloucestershire County Council, Stroud District Council officers and councillors, Dursley Town Council, Cam & Uley Parish Councils, Vale Vision and the Dursley Chamber of Trade. Its main role being due to the large amount of regeneration building to work together to keep informed and feedback information on all local developments, challenging where necessary issues that are not in the best interest of the local people.
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The Town Centre Project Group
This group was set up to prioritise and take recommendations forward with regard to the Town Centre design framework. This group has met 3 times to date and its first tasks are the changes that will come about in the Town Centre due to the Sainsbury Supermarket development and progressing the work of paving the Town Centre area around the Market Square. Other issues such as signage, safety and lighting in the Town centre, footpaths and cycle ways are also part of its remit.
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Dursley Urban Design Framework
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Survey of Community Needs

WM Consultants have now completed their work locally on community needs having consulted widely with the community, local business and many focus groups. The report has been accepted by the South West Regional Development Agency and already the depth of information from local people is proving very valuable in informing new developments in education. Information on where local people travel to work has also proved useful to local developers in considering their transport plans. Vale Vision are now progressing the recommendations in the plan to ensure that any facilities are well matched to local needs.

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