Dear Sir
The pedestrianization of some of our smaller town centres has been a disaster. In Darlington people expect to be able to step out of their cars and walk straight into the shop they want to visit. That is why out of town shopping is booming. Those businesses of all kinds which are thriving are in streets where people can still park right outside the shop or office they want to visit. Nearby on the High Streets of Yarm, Barnard Castle and Northallerton people can still park right outside the shops they want to visit. Has, pedestrianization caused the decline of many of our smaller regional town centres? Were they ever big enough to adapt to the notion in the first place? How about trying a rate free period of 5 years to see if we reverse the decline? We must help our town centre businesses blighted by no on street parking or lose them altogether.
Kind regards
Nigel F Boddy (Solicitor)