And to think at one point they were going to fill this with rubble!!!
You are right Paul, what needs to be recognized is that regeneration does not come from housing - Dover has so many assets like this that are not being used and even Dovers' own residents know little or nothing about. Many of Dovers residents have to travel out of Dover to Folkestone, Canterbury, Westwood etc for shopping and entertainment because Dover has so little to offer. More housing just means more people to head off to other towns but if Dover town and surrounding heritage was somewhere people WANT to visit and stay - that is where the regeneration comes from. And once Dover becomes desirable then people may want to move here and new housing does start to become important - but not to the detriment of the REAL assets.