JAZZMANB
Striker
The stuff there so far looks way better than a Tesco ,yeah modern stuff is a bit samey but it means progress and a place where change is happening .Same as the bits attached to the old art centre .I think we pass without noticing stuff but visitors spot stufWell this is going to be controversial but I think in retrospect the worst thing the council have done in the last 20 years was oppose the Tesco development. At the time everyone was worried about a big uninspired glass building and that's exactly what we ended up with anyway. The council were pushing out these pie in the sky planning ideas of skyscrapers, undercover outdoor event spaces and a bridges style expansion with hundreds of houses and a new bridge - non of it was ever realistic and was just a PR con to get the population on side. Part of the opposition was that it would kill off local business - well it's not exactly been thriving for the last 10 years has it. If we had allowed the development then people may have done their food shopping and then popped into town and supported other businesses. We also wouldn't have had 20 years of wasted space.