In late January 2015, the UK's largest food retailer, Tesco, announced the closure of 43 stores across England - one of these store closures being the Superstore in Chatham town centre. Since the closure of the store on April 4, the building has been secured with exterior windows covered, as well as the removal of all references to the Tesco store including signs. Rumours have been circling around for the past decade, including Tesco's original plans to refurbish the store to meet customer expectations for the 21st century. However, these plans were ever since 'lost' and no updates have been announced since 2012, when Tesco announced they had secured funding for the store revamp. Although a full revamp was no longer going ahead, Tesco and Medway Council worked on making the Market Hall car park more safer, with more security measures such as fencing put in place. Medway Council's regeneration officers have, though, been in talks over the past few years for the future of the site - the interest was mainly based around a mix-use scheme of housing and retail/commercial space. Recently, Medway Council have denied plans to demolish the site and replace it with housing. Recently, potential investors have been in talks with Tesco and Medway Council about the vacant site, located at the heart of Chatham town centre, and the issue was discussed at a recent Overview and Scrutiny Meeting. Since the closure of the Tesco store, many of you have been in touch with us on Twitter sharing your thoughts and ideas about the future of the site located in the heart of Chatham town centre. We'll share some of your suggestions, right here: Jeff Barker (@jbarkermarine) suggests: Redevelop it as dedicated small space student accommodation with rooftop, as well as free cycle hire. What do you think should be done with the former Tesco site in Chatham town centre? Be sure to let us know in the comments and vote in our poll below.
Jason Tilbury
24/4/2021 17:57:25
Let tesco demolish complete site including car park put new massive store up with carpark under and maybe block student accommodation chathsm needs large supermarket Comments are closed.
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