Never celebrate before it’s actually happened, but it looks as if there may be some good news this week. The sadly empty block at the junction of Oxford Street and Abbey Way in High Wycombe, variously known as The Curve, Octagon Parade or, more officially 9-16 Oxford Street, is one step nearer to coming alive again. Once home to a nightclub and various offices, this distinctive but neglected building seems to have been empty for most of the time (nearly 30 years!) that I have lived in our town.

Buckinghamshire Council have welcomed the scheme, which is to demolish the existing tired structure, and to replace it with a new building up to eight storeys high, comprising what are described as charity and........

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