I thought it easier to start a new thread rather than try and link to the previous HIgh street thread but if you think it is better please feel free to move it Paul .
This is an online petition which hopes to get support for the ability of local communities to have a say in the type of shops allowed to open on a high street rather than rely on planning commitees , so if Dover felt there are too many of a partiicular shop then permission may not be granted . The examples given were a high street in London with 10 betting shops and a market town where a Tesco express was plannned which it was feared would wipe out all the independant shops in the high street .
change.org/ petitions/secretary-of-state-for- communities-and-local-government-let-people-control-their-high-streets
I think it will link into the Locality legsilation