[New thread derived from SE23 Topics > Provender]

Backs up entirely what I've suggested on related threads about the eyesore that is our town centre. Too many outlets for the population.

There's all sorts of reasons why it will probably never happen - not least of which is our invisible town centre manager and the economic climate - but the regeneration of Forest Hill requires a coherent strategy, central to which is converting that whole end stretch of dartmouth Rd into housing. The very few remaining successful businesses could be relocated into refurbished vacant premises in the centre.

I don't think it's demographically unrealistic to have something similar to Lorship Lane occur in F Hill, attracting in / back the likes of Provender, but never while it remains in its current delapidated sprawling state. With notable exceptions it's embarassing.