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Conversion to new uses, retaining as much as possible of the original buildings
is not a logistical, nor financial impossibility. The usual problem is the local authorities
with their zones, planning regulations and
narrow views of reuse. Planning blight results, and sites become derelict, vandalised and destroyed.
Cane
Hill is the prime example; being in London’s green belt, it’s future is still being argued over.
Not so for
Netherne, some five miles down the road, and already converted into luxury flats.
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