What planet do our local MP and Councillors live on? It certainly isn't Planet Andover!

A new theatre will not transform [the] town into anything other than the ghost town it is now and will probably make it worse.

Andover used to be a thriving market town with plenty of shops, but now it is a desolate centre where you can get your nails and hair done, have a coffee but very little else.

If you need any clothing from head to toe you have to go outside to another town.

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I am well aware that to a certain degree, retail habits have changed (but now seem to be returning) and the people who "run" the town have done nothing to encourage shoppers to stay. So to put a theatre in our so-called shopping centre is not a good idea. 

Why don't you ask the people of Andover what they want and not dictate your ideas on to us?

Derek Andrews

Herons Rise

Andover