now for about three years. so what can happen with an old supermarket like this? well, it s too big a space, i think, to rent as it stands. danny steel is a commercial property specialist, and he wants to see empty shops like this put to good use. you know, we need a thriving, you know, breathing, living town centre. not somewhere that empties out. exactly. and wouldn t it be great if the evenings you know, there was children playing out in this, you know, on the pedestrian precinct, and it d be great it d be, you know, a proper, proper community. the town centre in lowestoft could certainly benefit from some regeneration just in this one small area of london road north we ve got one, two, three, four, five, six empty shops, including the old palmers department store. so how does the government plan to turn things around? it s all about giving new powers to local areas powers to take control