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This thread has gone on for a very long time, essentially over plans that are still being worked out and negotiated. There has been a lot of speculation and a few outright objections to something that, so far, is an idea on the drawing board. In a lot of ways, it is a good thing that people are passionate about the heritage of Dover and that so many want to see progress for the town.
It is interesting to see that the same has not applied to the DTIZ plans which, and the headline on today's Dover Mercury sums it all up, only promises the demolition of one building. With the DTIZ we will get a hotel with a large illuminated advertising hoarding, 15 shop units that will almost certainly just mean empty spaces in the High Street when the bigger shops move, a large car-par which will become a skateboard rink and drinkers haven in the evenings and, somewhere way down the line (not to be built until the rest is in place) a paltry 8 houses.
Where CGI's designs show a concern for fitting in with the skyline and a willingness to consider changes, the DTIZ will offer a view down from the castle onto tin, warehouse style, roofs. While the CGI plans offer hope for preserving and making accessible some of Dover's most spectacular views and history, the DTIZ will give us a brick and flint wall with a loading bay opening up onto our busiest stretch of road.
This could be a lesson for future developers, if they want to consider a large project just put up an eyesore and sit back for a few years. After that, everyone will be begging them to do whatever they like as long as they pull it down again.