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Building work on a flagship multi-million-pound new city centre public square is yet to get underway as planned. Despite several projects in the £22 million revamp of historic sites across Canterbury already under construction, the new plaza near the Westgate Towers is not among them. City councillor Charlotte Cornell, the cabinet member responsible for the projects, previously said work on the major schemes would start by September. But snags in the process of acquiring permission for work around the Grade I-listed building means spades have not yet hit the ground. In January last year, Cante…

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