Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
looks like jg's arcade by the underpass,only thing fit for it is demolition.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
jg's have been out of business for years brian, the folkestone eyesore has the cheek to tout for business.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
howard,same out come is needed.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
the owner of this property was served notice long ago to tidy up the frontage but as of yesterday nothing has happened.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,039
I feel it is time that individuals who hold up regeneration for whatever reason, be it laziness, selfishness, greed or whataver, should be named and shamed.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,894
I agree
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
and the gaff demolished if it isn't tidyed up.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,894
Brian, not when it is a perfectly sound but tatty building, if the work was not started within a couple of months I would go for compulsory purchase.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
jan,better to demolish it,then he cant rent the place out and get money.its called hurting the pocket.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
naming and shaming doesn't work in the worst cases as the owners live very far away(sometimes abroad) and really don't care.
compulsory purchase is one way but can prove expensive - for example a hotel in dover is opposing an order at present, holding up work on the dtiz.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes from various agencies including the town and district councils also the dover society.
the two main sticking points are the house in athol terrace pictured earlier in the thread and the awful looking pub pictured today.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,560
It also looks like the property next door needs sorting out.
Guest 782- Registered: 4 Oct 2012
- Posts: 357
Nudging the reluctant in to action is one thing, but persecution is quite another. There are many issues on this subject
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
always stacks of bags left out there but the place looks uninhabited.
there is a passageway not in the photo normally with bags of rubbish there.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
persecution is not such a bad thing simon, we would never have had the spanish inquisition without it.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
howard,that pub is well used,they have live bands in there,and besides the landlady is in her 70s.the building next door that's boarded up used to be a post office/music shop.its being converted into a house or flats.the two places is owned by mrs bowels widow of bob bowels.her name is Jackie bowels.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,894
There are many far worse looking buildings than the very popular Louis Armstrong.
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
The building next door doesn't help the overall appearance.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
neither building gives a good impression of dover to the the thousands of people that drive past them every day.
