Very good news indeed, let's hope the HOP parade will benefit from a diverse and well-used mix of businesses long term.

Dominos would have put a few of the existing HOP shops out of business, would have been an eyesore in a prominent position in an otherwise lovely building, would have caused noise nuisance to nearby residential areas and quite possibly a lot of rusbbish in the street, and considering the local community put so much effort into opposing it, it's fair to say that it would have mostly served communities around HOP, not HOP itself.

Oh, and Joffe - are you really trying to compare John Lewis employment to Domino bike drivers in the "jobs for our youths" stakes? Seriously? Last time I checked, John Lewis trained their staff, gave them well above minimum wages with contracts and a shareholding in the partnership. Domino's are welcome to open their take-away somewhere in SE23, there is clearly a demand for their pizza. They have their place. But presenting their potential presence here as a ray of hope for local employment really takes the biscuit. Just my humble opinion, of course.