MCD has a website surprisingly.
http://www.dmc.uk.net/
As I see it the problem lies with the management, I would doubt that the individual trustees have any real power to do anything. There is a move afoot to demolish the first part of London Road and "return them to domestic properties". Whilst I agree that this would be a good idea I think that the premise is wrong, I'm convinced that they were built as shops. It's only further up the road where gardens were built over and made into shops.
Here's a nice picture lent to me by John Turnpenny, on the right is what is now MHK, off picture is the now demolished Falcon pub.
Terry