According to Cllr Fairclough :
“There can be no doubt that the Brightwells Development requires a business plan.
The failure to develop such a business plan will have a significant negative effect on the revenues of both Surrey County Council (SCC) and Waverley Borough Council (WBC), resulting in either a decline in the services that the residents of both Councils rely upon and/or an increase in the taxes required to pay for them”.
With only seven tenants in place, the vast majority of the retail units in the Brightwells Development remain unlet, almost one year after Practical Completion was achieved. The car park is not yet fit to be handed over to WBC and is currently generating no revenue, despite the significant service charges arising from the green wall that surrounds it.
It is understood that Coppa Club are the second of three anchor tenants to pull out of the Brightwells Development, despite the fact that the redevelopment of Brightwells House was apparently completed to Coppa Club’s particular specifications, which, if true, will make it almost impossible to let to an alternative tenant.
And, as Cllr Fairclough concludes :
“Without an effective business plan from Surrey County Council, one developed and communicated in partnership with the parties most affected by it, the Brightwells Development will become the very thing that Farnham residents feared.
A desolate ‘ghost town’ and potential magnet for anti-social behaviour.
In short, a blight on the town of Farnham”.
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