Shoppers at a Nottinghamshire town's precinct say it is "going downhill" amid frustration over the current state of the area. Carlton Square in Gedling was the subject of a failed Levelling Up Fund bid in 2021, though £350,000 of funding from a local enterprise partnership was then used to redevelop its car park.
That money, alongside £100,000 from the council, was also spent on CCTV equipment and a new pedestrian route to the shopping centre from Burton Road. But the shopping precinct itself is privately run and Gedling Borough Council's leader, Labour's Councillor John Clarke, says he is frustrated about a reported lack of action from its owners.
Councillor Clarke said: "We've spent about £450,000 on the Carlton Square car park but people say 'the council are useless, look at the state of this precinct'.
