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As a Preston boy, born and bred, and my father presiding over the previous application to redevelop the city centre (director of planning) which involved the buildings demolition, I can safely say I am AGAINST its demolition.

I agree it will be both costly and difficult to adapt and repair such a building, but the alternative loss is much worse to the historic context of Prestons architecture. There are relics covering the great tapestry of buildings - a church with one of th highest spires in the country made for surplus stone railway sleepers, one of the last back to back terrace streets which had no outside toilets, a James Stirling housing prototype and the new Brockholes wetland centre. But there are also the atrocities you find in other towns which are scarring our cityscapes forever.

Although costly, this building MUST be retained.

But incidentally, it is quite impractical as a bus station- being at the opposite end of town from the train station.