tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post1575378906995551515..comments2024-03-29T07:47:25.929+00:00Comments on rotherham business news: News: Rotherham Council buys former Primark unitTom Austenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847008904924351553noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-76876114737154541662020-11-25T10:43:51.676+00:002020-11-25T10:43:51.676+00:00Only town centre housing development in recent yea...Only town centre housing development in recent years that is type a town centre should have, is the glass Keppel Wharf over looking river, quality that town centres usually have especially town centres blessed with a Riverside.More of this type required not terraced housing! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-51192225387225801282020-11-23T11:34:08.458+00:002020-11-23T11:34:08.458+00:00Nicer spot for library than back of market.
If fla...Nicer spot for library than back of market.<br />If flats, maybe M&S could be persuaded to try M&S Food on ground floor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-6723553735132549162020-11-20T10:08:59.446+00:002020-11-20T10:08:59.446+00:00We have a green space 1 minute walk away in the fo...We have a green space 1 minute walk away in the form of minster gardens, I seldom see anyone using it, I can’t see this being any different! Not being negative but the town centre has had it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-46705917118337376192020-11-18T21:29:36.880+00:002020-11-18T21:29:36.880+00:00Rotherham town centre dosnt need more green spaces...Rotherham town centre dosnt need more green spaces, it's got clifton park virtually in centre and green areas for miles down by river and canal.Get things built! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-53854493980951593692020-11-18T21:27:08.630+00:002020-11-18T21:27:08.630+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mr mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193109852713572536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-48684999708360389122020-11-18T17:11:03.922+00:002020-11-18T17:11:03.922+00:00to the morons talking about multi story blah blah ...to the morons talking about multi story blah blah blah - If you want to live in a city move to one and jog on!<br /><br />Rotherham should have more parks and green spaces, if you bothered to look at recommendations for such you would see that there is a distinct lack. Times are changing and with people doing work remotely and increasingly staying at home these places become all the more important. There are many lovely old buildings in town mixed in with some godawful ones. Also why on earth would anyone want to own a "destination" shop in an inconvenient town when you can do it online? The future of Rotherham centre in my view needs to focus on the arts a theatre / gig venue would be good but more generally making the streets nicer. In the 1100s people were building cathedrals in 2000s it was tin sheds. We have to decide if that is enough? We can do better! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-36971894107055138002020-11-17T22:24:04.836+00:002020-11-17T22:24:04.836+00:00I'm embarrassed with Rotherham Town centre, th...I'm embarrassed with Rotherham Town centre, the council should take a look up road at Doncaster and Barnsley, yes Barnsley!! For god sake, large multi storey developments, looks more like a city, when RMBC are trying there hardest to make Rotherham look like a village ghetto! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-28309583253714924972020-11-17T21:14:19.801+00:002020-11-17T21:14:19.801+00:00A library or divide the space for local independen...A library or divide the space for local independent retailers would be a better idea. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-25113332580942562612020-11-17T16:26:05.476+00:002020-11-17T16:26:05.476+00:00Why is RMBC, officers and members, comprised entir...Why is RMBC, officers and members, comprised entirely of morons and cretins with neither vision nor common sense. Another 'park' to house more junkies and alcoholics. Taking away the equivalent of perhaps 8 or 10 shop front units, and the footfall that would bring, is total nonsense. This is a High Street, purportedly the hub of a town's shopping area, so taking away the opportunity for retail will detract from the street and be detrimental to all other retailers in the area. There was a suggestion in the local paper a couple of months ago suggesting that this building be used for the town library, the town centre police station and an indoor market. This is much more sensible and would bring significant footfall to the High Street, benefiting all of the existing retailers and perhaps encouraging more of the empty shops on the street, and College Street, to attract occupants. More rates for the Council? How much business rates will the council lose with this barmy scheme? £300,000 to buy the building, £100,000 to demolish it and £100,000+ to landscape the area? Good use of council tax monies? NO. Get rid of the lot of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-28463521542182319032020-11-17T16:23:58.671+00:002020-11-17T16:23:58.671+00:00"Pocket park" to be replaced....hmm, sou..."Pocket park" to be replaced....hmm, sounds like the plan for across from the Imperial Buildings - that never happened. Rotherham Council continue to be efficient at wasting taxpayer money on useless projects. Buildings demolished near Forge Island to make space.... soon enough they will raze a path from the High Street all the way through to Forge Island. I bet the building owner are laughing all the way to the bank having had market rate on a derelict building.Ziggynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-50845964881615281162020-11-17T15:27:07.729+00:002020-11-17T15:27:07.729+00:00What ever they eventually do with it, I hope it is...What ever they eventually do with it, I hope it is truly accessible. The majority of buildings that have been 'brought back to life' on the High St are NOT accessible (even though the fronts were rebuilt). Conveniently ingored by the Council when singing its praises (not to mention against the law).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-21121945773850336082020-11-17T15:07:23.502+00:002020-11-17T15:07:23.502+00:00Dismayed again, it's on the award winning High...Dismayed again, it's on the award winning High Street after Hambys transformed it, Then as soon as rmbc are involved again left to rot, they have driven out any semblance of retail in the town centre, what happened to the masterplan for a vibrant town centre, its more like Dodge city, I posted a while ago and suggested to use it for the new market site or library, but no let's knock it down and then redevelop the old market site after we've driven the traders out (like the imperial buildings) and have more boarded up empty units to look at, Clueless! royherberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479403390844262689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-47117327555664455252020-11-17T14:53:58.553+00:002020-11-17T14:53:58.553+00:00Can only hope that the Council's identity (as ...Can only hope that the Council's identity (as buyer) was not disclosed until after the price was fixed. Otherwise the owners, apparently desperate to 'get rid, may have got rather more than the site is worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-39951775519867644422020-11-17T13:55:13.448+00:002020-11-17T13:55:13.448+00:00Great. Another place for the alchies to hang out a...Great. Another place for the alchies to hang out and the druggies to deal. Are the people who make these decisions living on the same planet? <br /><br />I'm sure it will be a temporary move until the Council works out how to use the site for slum housing which won't in any way shape or form contribute to the ghetto-like feeling inside Rotherham town centre.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-20104274176162118362020-11-17T11:55:30.282+00:002020-11-17T11:55:30.282+00:00Agree, everything Rotherham council do is so, smal...Agree, everything Rotherham council do is so, small scale, then we wonder why other towns refer to Rotherham as "Toytown"! Mr mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193109852713572536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-84247719803703668692020-11-17T11:53:59.018+00:002020-11-17T11:53:59.018+00:00Better than a big empty unit with no hope of being...Better than a big empty unit with no hope of being filled any time soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199919321583468611.post-20243702714788403072020-11-17T11:42:21.211+00:002020-11-17T11:42:21.211+00:00Not another town centre park, for god sake, what i...Not another town centre park, for god sake, what is the obsession with green space in town centre, we have clifton park virtually in town centre, no need for any more parks for low life's to congregate. As for future development into housing, please please please don't say they going to be simple houses, town centres should be places for quality multi storey apartment blocks, not back to back housing. Rotherham Council havent a clue how to run a large town, suggest they go look at developments in other towns cities to get some idea how its done. I despair 😵Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com