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General Category => Chesterfield Discussion => Topic started by: poppy on December 01, 2013, 01:51:50 PM

Title: Holywell Cross Car Park
Post by: poppy on December 01, 2013, 01:51:50 PM

Does anyone know anything about the building work which was supposed to be happening here?

Title: Re: Holywell Cross Car Park
Post by: Stuart on December 01, 2013, 03:03:35 PM

The "Northern Gateway?" Put on hold, last I heard; knocked back by the Co-op closure and general lack of interest from a big supermarket, I think. Likely to be quietly forgotten about in the current economic climate, perhaps.

Title: Re: Holywell Cross Car Park
Post by: mycul on December 11, 2013, 10:05:49 PM

Whoever is going to develop the car park is going to have to pay a fortune to make sure the ground is stable.
The area is riddled with old cellars that are now unstable (that's why the fairs stopped).  Besides who is going to move here (apart from Tescos)? If you take away the car park where will people park to shop?

Title: Re: Holywell Cross Car Park
Post by: Alsatian on December 12, 2013, 01:26:35 PM

Quote from: mycul on December 11, 2013, 10:05:49 PM

If you take away the car park where will people park to shop?

Or park to get their car damaged!!  >:(

Title: Re: Holywell Cross Car Park
Post by: Scimitar on December 12, 2013, 09:25:10 PM

Quote from: mycul on December 11, 2013, 10:05:49 PM

Whoever is going to develop the car park is going to have to pay a fortune to make sure the ground is stable.
The area is riddled with old cellars that are now unstable (that's why the fairs stopped).  Besides who is going to move here (apart from Tescos)? If you take away the car park where will people park to shop?

Thought they were building an underground car park, thus eliminating the problems of the old cellars? Any new builders would surely dig down to solid ground in any case would they not? :-\