Adver readers gave their verdict on plans to redevelop the town centre.

Tower blocks holding flats as well as shops, restaurants, bars and leisure facilities could become a much more common feature where parades of shops now dominate.

Swindon Borough Council launched its Heart of Swindon proposals to investors at the House of Lords last month, with increasing housing rights in the heart of the town centre crucial to the plans.

Here’s what you had to say on the matter.

Andrew Wright said, “We need a bigger hospital.”

Wayland Smith replied: “The hospital needs to be closed and moved to the town centre, where staff and patients can access it.

“Thousands of visitors and well-paid staff would transform the town centre overnight.”

Martyn Pearce said, “If it takes as........

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