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| Clllr Ware-Lane outside the former Beecroft Gallery | building in | Station Road in Westcliff-on-Sea |
From a Southend-on-Sea Borough
Council press release issued two days ago ..
New life for former Beecroft
Gallery
Plans to convert a former
art gallery into artist studios have been given the go-ahead.
Southend-on-Sea Borough
Council planning officers have granted planning consent for the proposals to
create 23 accessible studios for artists as well as a community gallery and
workshop space at the former Beecroft Gallery in Westcliff-on-Sea.
The full plans can be
viewed by searching the Council’s Planning Portal and searching reference: 16/02258/BC3
You can show your support
for this ambitious project by:
· Writing a letter to
your local paper, saying why this new facility is important to you personally
or to the town. We will collate published letters and use this as evidence as
we progress with funding bids.
· Emailing focalpointgallery@southend.gov.uk stating why you support the
plans.
Anyone who would
like to express an interest in learning more at this early stage should email
the gallery team at focalpointgallery@southend.gov.uk
Having campaigned for the preservation of this cherished heritage
building I am, naturally, delighted that it will be kept for future
generations. There were plans to demolish it, or selling it - and using the
proceeds to help fund the Cliffs Museum (a project that I am opposed to).
This should, though, be considered a temporary reprieve. Unless it is utilized
I can imagine budgetary pressures threatening it again.
This is a victory for all who have fought for this buildings preservation.
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