This is the unsightly empty retail unit next to Tesco Express - it has been left like this for months! It is a disgrace to the town.
Surely it can be tidied up and give a better look to what is a grotty block at the best of times. Where has the sense of pride in our town gone?
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This place would be ideal for 10 food stalls and a couple of drink stalls with benches in the middle and maybe even a live music stage!
Ideal after or before watching a film at the cinema!
Hmm gym.... yes you are right.
If my memory serves me right the development of the site for a town centre gym was given as one of the reasons why it was perfectly reasonable to bulldoze the
Summerfields Village, Energie gym for big Lidl and remove all vestages of leisure and recreation from the residents.
Maybe it is still coming. We should be told, Cheshire East...
The eyesore in question closed before the world cup in 2014 and has been left to rot. I believe that it and Tesco belong to one owner and the rest of the strip belongs to another and they don't see eye to eye. The gym b****** and the parking nonsense that accompanied it was possibly a succesful (Lidl involvement anyone) smokescreen. Until the landlords get realistic and the council insists on property being maintained (see leaking drainpipe by Timpsons - years and years) London (usually) based owners can give two fingers to the rest of us peasants and leave property empty. The old co-op bank is another eyesore. It may even be part of your pension fund earning nothing!!!!
All hitting the same points, wishing for a Wilmslow town centre that is attractive for visitors, pedestrians, car users and families. These comments refer to the Parsonage Green/Green Lane area which is a suitable case for treatment. Recently much was made of car parking in Wilmslow with CEC now promising a survey and others advocating yellow double lines. The truth of the matter is that development planning for the town, particularly the centre, has been sadly neglected over quite a few years ( I have lived here since 1978). There is no coordinated development plan for Wilmslow up to 2030 in the CE Local Plan and the solution to issues will remain piecemeal as long as this is the case. Wilmslow Town Council are constantly frustrated by CEC Development managers and the CE Cabinet who have little or no regard for the hopes and aspirations of Wilmslow residents. What is needed is a 'Wilmslow Town Centre Development Plan' and this will only come about when we have a decision making system which has the interests of local residents at its heart. Time to bin the Cabinet system and replace it with a broader more representative committee system that allows local preferences to surface and be considered seriously. A lot of hard work has gone into the recent Neighbourhood Plan but sadly I believe this will not make any difference, as it demands nothing and allows CE to take it or leave it - which it will - as it suits their agenda. A proper system of democratic representation is now needed to replace the current 'old boys club'.
CEC can simply:
- notify Tesco’s they will not renew the rent (assuming they are the landlord);
- encourage teaco’s to reclocate to another empty unit in the town;
- demolish the property & sell the land. You could put a small car park on this site. A small gesture but would have quite a positive impact.
Depending on the demolition cost, the car parking fees would probably pay back in a year.
I don’t think they have the power to do anything whilst the rates are being paid on the units.