Across our constituency, town centre regeneration is a long-running challenge – and an ongoing one. We’ve all seen the journey both Farnham and Bordon have been on, with the Brightwells site and the new town centre respectively, while discussions also remain ongoing in Haslemere about the future of the Fairground site. Where our local projects are complete or part-complete, the sites are still far from the bustling, fully occupied community hubs that residents were originally promised. No matter how many buildings go up, regeneration won’t succeed unless we get the fundamentals right. That means not just creating retail units and leisure facilities on paper, but ensuring there’s a thriving local economy ready to bring those places to life. And that’s where national policy matters.
