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Civic Society's desperate plea to stop demolition in Ayr town centre
Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterDemolition of would-be flats in the town centre on a future public events site is “one too many”, claims a conservation charity.Kyle and Carrick Civic Society have appealed to councillors to save 8-10 High Street, on the soon-to-be developed Riverside site, and “use it as a catalyst for housing regeneration in the town centre”.Council chiefs have confirmed they propose to demolish the building- said to have ‘major structural issues’- as building new affordable homes as part of the project is “not financially viable”.But the Society say “it is time for conservation not demolition.”Michael Hitchon MBE, President of Kyle and Carrick Civic
