00:00 Tim, could you just sort of, you know, obviously it's a tremendously exciting thing for Farnham,
00:04 this isn't it? So what are your impressions of the cinema? Oh fantastic, I mean five screens,
00:08 you know, really comfortable, lots of legroom which is so important for taller people. You know,
00:14 it's just, I mean, to see this come to fruition, you know, I think this goes back to 2008,
00:19 the original planning commission, and here we are now in 2024 with a take for it to start. You know,
00:26 Brightwell's has been a challenging scheme to deliver, both from the county council perspective
00:31 as well as from Waverley and the town council, but all three local government organisations have
00:36 come together, worked really, really well, you know, with press, you know, and we're starting
00:41 to see the units also now filling up and so on, so just, I think, just fantastic for the town.
00:47 And obviously, I mean, it's been quite a poor end of town for a long time and, you know, Surrey's
00:51 invested in this scheme to sort of really revitalise the economy at this end of town,
00:55 but I mean it's also going to benefit the county in the long run, isn't it?
00:58 Well, I think, you know, we have 27 towns across the county. They're all, you know,
01:02 they've all got different sort of personalities and so on. Barnham is a beautiful town, you know,
01:07 this is about, you know, building on that vibrancy, you know, getting the footfall in to make this a
01:13 destination town. You know, there is, of course, we need to make sure that the town doesn't get
01:19 split between the, you know, the existing part and this part, and I don't think it will. You know,
01:23 I think this will just add real value, you know, and, you know, it's a growing town,
01:28 you know, lots of new housing coming along, lots of younger families here, you know, and this,
01:32 the sort of events they're putting on in real, they're saying, you know, it's just fantastic.
01:36 I mean, caters for every single age group. Absolutely, and then just finally, obviously,
01:41 it's aligned with the changes in the town centre that we're going to see starting later this year,
01:46 hopefully, and so, I mean, this is really the beginning of a real kind of new era for the town
01:51 centre, isn't it? Well, I think so, and I hope so. I mean, I've, you know, spent the last five years,
01:56 you know, coming down here. I mean, absolutely committed to the County Council delivering its
02:01 part of this scheme, you know, has been for the engagement, you know, both across the community
02:06 and so on. So, you know, it's got to be good news. I think, you know, 20 years Farnham has said,
02:13 you know, we need some investment, we need to take out traffic from the town centre.
02:18 Yeah, it's probably not perfect, you know, but, you know, but the scheme is developed in a way
02:24 that we can build on that going forward and maybe one day, you know, if that's what residents want,
02:30 we'll have a car-free town centre. We'll see, but at least, you know, we're getting on,
02:35 making that investment, you know, and that will be for the benefit of all residents of the town.
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