[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Gayle

the areas that they've been placed in aren't exactly renowned for their stunning architecture either - both Blackburn Rd and Paradise St are a bit scruffy to start off with.

Sorry Gayle but that is the most lame argument I have ever heard. Blackburn Rd is part of Project Phoenix so by your logic we should expect low standard regeneration there because what is being replaced was scruffy. Shouldn't we be aspiring to something better? What price any of the ideas put forward to improve the town centre if the planners merely look at what is there now and decide that it's grim so they had better put something equally grim alongside of or instead of it?