PEOPLE are being given another chance to get involved with a project which aims to give a facelift to the public open spaces in the historic heart of Tavistock.

It follows the success of the first Tavistock Townscape Heritage Partnership (THP) workshop held last month at the town hall.

A second workshop takes place on Wednesday, November 6 between 2pm and 5pm at the Parish Centre in Plymouth Road.

In April this year, the Tavistock THP, which includes West Devon Borough Council, Tavistock Town Council, Devon County Council, community organisations and local businesses, won an initial Heritage Lottery Grant of £36,000 to kick-start the project.

The scheme aims to transform the commercial heart of Tavistock to help address the needs of local businesses, owners of historic properties and the community in and around the town centre.

The first workshop was aimed at gathering as many views as possible about what Tavistock's streets, pavements and squares should look like with a particular focus on ideas for improving such spaces

Workshop hosts, LDA-design of Exeter, have developed some of the ideas generated and hope to build on them at the next event.

Sophie Thompson from LDA said: 'The aim of this second workshop is to recap on the key findings from the September event and then to discuss the emerging vision and preliminary design options for priority locations such as Guildhall Square, Bank Square and the area around the pannier market.'

The results will be used to help prepare a second stage lottery bid on behalf of the Tavistock Townscape Heritage Partnership.

If successful, the second bid will unlock another grant taking the total Lottery funding to a £1-million with hopes of a further £1-million from investment by local organisations and businesses by 2019.

Workshop places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

To book a place at the workshop or have your say if you are unable to attend, contact Christopher Pancheri on 01822 613259 or email [email protected]">[email protected]