Unfortunately I can't really blame them, churlish or peeved or whatever. It was various parts of the ' community' who scuppered its incorporation into the Pools site and held things up for over a year. We were supposed to be demolishing the site this time last year as I recall.

I can't see how Council officers realistically have the resources to explore what could be a very wide range of options. They would probably find the easiest route out and take it. Then the ' community' would not like it, and we'd be back on the usual treadmill. The other way of looking at this is that the community has been given a great opportunity to get what it wants on this site and this can be seen as a blessing or a curse depending on your perspective, but at least we cant say that they never want to listen to us.

I would assume that the Save the Face team in particular will be working hard to find alternative and sustainable uses for this property, given their extensive interest in preserving the fabric of the building.