[Madhatter]

You may find that if you dont find an out of town space for some stores they'll just close and leave. boots and wh smith are both moving out of town centres to retail parks.
Where is whitebirk, thought that's in blackburn. If it is, logically, the people who are going there are setting out go out of accy to a retail park, They've made a conscious decision to go to a retail park, and if it wasn't whitebirk it would be preston or bury.
I don't know why you keep mentioning on here accy is just pound shops cos i only saw two when i was up. I told the guy at clayton tnt that i was popping into accy and he said its ok for pound shops too.
Perhaps you should stop slating your own town for something it's not, ccy is not that bad a town centre, you've got lots of high street shops, you've got some lovely buildings.
It's ossy that needs regenerating. Shopping trends have changed, wether you like it or not, retail parks are in, small towns and markets are out, people travel to the bigger shopping areas. Ossy is small but perfectly formed, but hasnt got the footfall to sustain the shops you mention. Building more shops is not the answer.