Cinema Developments

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New CinemaThe Council has decided to give Empire cinemas one last chance to proceed with the development prior to initiating compulsory purchase procedures in October. The chief executive of Empire Cinemas, Justin Ribbons, accepted an invitation to appear before the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in late July. He said that the latest delay was caused by the fact that they wanted to incorporate an IMAX screen into the development which they believed only needed a non-material amendment to the existing planning permission but this was disputed by the Council who considered that a new application was necessary. It was left that Empire and the Council would have a further meeting to try to resolve the disagreement.