Isn't all this missing the point, which, as far as I can understand it, was that the row of hairdressers on Blenheim Grove are blighting the area around the station? I support the idea that local, well-established businesses should have precedence, but the amount of litter they generate (hair, packaging, food packaging, drinks bottles) is astonishing, and we all pay for it to be cleaned up. I'm also sick of walking past towels drying on bollards and, yesterday, a massage table in the middle of the crossing refuge. Regardless of who owns the businesses, they have a responsibility to operate in a manner that does not cause detriment to the local area, or they should be levied for additional clean up costs.