I cycle there frequently, to pick up odds and ends and to access the waterlink, and it used to be a much safer experience before the north-side (plastic bags fields) of the gasworks was developed.

The times I've walked, I end up climbing over barriers and pushing my way through hedges to access the 1st class front access of the 'sava centre' rather than being funnelled the long way round past the alkies and bins and piped pigeon death calls. Nothing wrong with any of this except I don't remember this in the xmas ads.
Generally, I can't understand how the council approved this people-unfriendly design, and can only think that by being designated a retail park, it is not required to provide all the niceties that would demanded of a high street. I have zero expectations anything much will change with this regeneration.

PS I had not realised the gasometers were no longer needed - I thought they helped take the pressure off our ancient pipework.