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Spencer

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505 total appearances

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The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

provide a little bit of inspiration and certainly the heritage as well, looking at the history, looking at the way the town was shaped before we arrived and how it moves forward is always interesting.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

Yeah, absolutely. We've really enjoyed working on the Pilgrim Brewery application. Again, it is part of that evolution. We've worked on hundreds, possibly thousands of applications in the last 25, 32 years, actually, that the company has been in operation in Reigate.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

Yeah, absolutely. We've really enjoyed working on the Pilgrim Brewery application. Again, it is part of that evolution. We've worked on hundreds, possibly thousands of applications in the last 25, 32 years, actually, that the company has been in operation in Reigate.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

So, again, that gives us a unique perspective of how the town has changed over that time and how best to obviously help our clients succeed with their planning applications.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

So, again, that gives us a unique perspective of how the town has changed over that time and how best to obviously help our clients succeed with their planning applications.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

Reigate and Banstead have a fantastic economic prosperity team. They are open to ideas, and they do want to see the best for the town and for the borough, to be honest. And obviously putting the best case forward is always going to help your applications, but the council are forward-thinking. They do want to see positive change, and again, that's why we've prospered so long in Reigate Town Centre.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

Reigate and Banstead have a fantastic economic prosperity team. They are open to ideas, and they do want to see the best for the town and for the borough, to be honest. And obviously putting the best case forward is always going to help your applications, but the council are forward-thinking. They do want to see positive change, and again, that's why we've prospered so long in Reigate Town Centre.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

Thank you. Thank you so much. Was the road actually put in with it next door, or did the road come after?

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

Thank you. Thank you so much. Was the road actually put in with it next door, or did the road come after?

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

We can let you get on. Thank you. All the best. Thank you so much.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69a: *Extra Episode - The (Full) Story Of Bancroft Road, Reigate

We can let you get on. Thank you. All the best. Thank you so much.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

around the back yes it is yeah so quite a few of these buildings obviously were obviously there as part of the original development and it's always intrigued us moving into pool house just what existed underneath it was fantastic to to learn a little bit more about the history so let's go and have a little wander down around the back and we will uh we'll have a closer look so coming around the back of ws planning and architecture spencer is opening up the gates

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

around the back yes it is yeah so quite a few of these buildings obviously were obviously there as part of the original development and it's always intrigued us moving into pool house just what existed underneath it was fantastic to to learn a little bit more about the history so let's go and have a little wander down around the back and we will uh we'll have a closer look so coming around the back of ws planning and architecture spencer is opening up the gates

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

The lights are coming on now and there's a ramp down into the basement. All right.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

The lights are coming on now and there's a ramp down into the basement. All right.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

And along the side, you'll see the original hand rails, the concrete hand rails here for the actual pool itself. So this is the walk down into the pool. Well, this may have been added at a later date in order to be able to get out and use this as a storage area. But you can clearly see that this is the original sides of the pool. Just watch your step.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

And along the side, you'll see the original hand rails, the concrete hand rails here for the actual pool itself. So this is the walk down into the pool. Well, this may have been added at a later date in order to be able to get out and use this as a storage area. But you can clearly see that this is the original sides of the pool. Just watch your step.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

Several different rooms that they created. So rather than filling in the entire basement and building on top, they built up the walls inside to allow for storage. And you'll see in here... Six foot nine on the side of the wall shows you the depth of the original pool.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

Several different rooms that they created. So rather than filling in the entire basement and building on top, they built up the walls inside to allow for storage. And you'll see in here... Six foot nine on the side of the wall shows you the depth of the original pool.

The Planet Reigate Podcast
69: 4/4 - The story of Bancroft Road, Reigate 4 - behind the scenes at the abandoned swimming pool

It does have a pump. It does flood every now and then. We've got a stream at the back, so I guess it does hit the water table at some point. But, no, it's an unusual space and not something that people get to sort of see very often when you cover up the old... buildings in town.