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    Hello Forum,

    I have recently moved into the area and just wanted to give an outsiders view, apologies this might be brutal.

    It seems to me that Dover town has been left to decay for many years whilst the district council peruse a big statement development like the current DTIZ plan rather than encourage smaller regeneration developments to nurture. During this time Deal has flourished and become a very desirable location. Even excluding the Sholden and planned Walmer developments house building in Deal exceeded Dover by a considerable amount last year.

    Rather than develop a district wide strategy of providing services for Dover, Deal and Sandwich the council seem intent on centralising services and facilities in Dover, presumably to generate more stimulus in the Dover economy. However I feel this is doing a lot of damage. There are a lot of people in Deal and Sandwich who are making noises about the inequality of services like the hospital for instance.

    If the DTIZ is not to become a white elephant it will need to attract people from all over the district and further afield but I suspect in the current climate people will boycott.

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