I live in Rayleigh which has the biggest town centre in the district. We need to stop residents needing to shop out of the district as much as possible. I believe the cost of parking should be looked at for people who live further out of town. High Streets everywhere are suffering due to more people shopping online and I know people moan about the amount of hairdressers and eating places in Rayleigh but at least these are 2 things that you cannot do online. To encourage people to take on leases the rents need to be reasonable when compared to elsewhere. As to the question as to whether there should be a cinema, bowling, bingo etc in the district as stated these facilities are provided for in Basildon and Southend and therefore in order to compete the service needs to be niche in order to offer something different from the big multiplexs or be able to compete on cost. When I lived in the USA there were local $1 cinemas (it was 20 years ago) that were able to compete with the bigger cinemas who were charging around $8 as they had smaller premises and showed slightly older films. With regard to nightclub provision in the district I think it is good that Rayleigh has 2 nightclubs each offering a different experience. I personally do not use these but I was glad to see this week that the Pink Toothbrush has kept its licence. Rayleigh is definitely a safer and nicer place to be in the evening than Southend, whose high street feels scary to walk through at night.