[Gayle]

The thing is Mad that there are 100s of different ways to have gone about the process and yes, in hindsight you could argue that we chose the wrong way but how were we to know that at the time?

The basic idea was to get an up and coming trendy, professional architect enthused about the town. If it had all worked out then Accrington would have got a name of the future designing something of significance. It worked in four out of the six districts so it wasn't a bad system. The Burnley one has won awards and is going to be featured at the Royal Academy this summer.

There is a community engagement programme that would have kicked in after the Panopticon was in progress - the Land project.