A Thought for all Town Planners WHY do we build business parks in lovely green areas, with no transport links? Why not use Town centre spaces for business & offices and these green spaces for residential🤔 (Picture Genesis Centre Stoke) Retail shops no longer need the 2nd floor+ for storage IDEA 💡 Why not use the upper floors in our town centres for offices, hot desks, town centre business parks This gives a constant high footfall for the retail & hospitality business below, the transport links already exist into our towns so it will make commuting Easier & Greener🤔 Rather than turning town centres into housing estates meaning everyone now must travel OUT of Town in all directions🤦 Now those lovely green areas where many busines parks are built can be, should be, used for housing
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