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You are here: Home / About Waterlooville / Currently Closed: Peter Collins Opticians Lease Renewal Dispute

Currently Closed: Peter Collins Opticians Lease Renewal Dispute

Sunday 15th October 2017 by Steve Mayne

The Waterlooville branch of Peter Collins Opticians is currently closed due to a dispute with the landlord regarding the renewal of the lease.

A statement from the opticians is as follows:

Unfortunately the practice is currently closed. Please telephone our Hayling Island Practise on 023 9246 7887 or our Portsmouth Practise on 023 9261 0710 to book an appointment of for further details visit www.petercollinsopticians.co.uk. We apologise for any inconvenience cause this is due to a dispute with our landlord regarding the renewal of the property lease. We hope to have the situation resolved as quickly as possible. Kindest Regards Peter Collins Opticians.

We hope that the dispute can be resolved and that the opticians does not go the same way as our favourite shoe shop Goodacres which closed in earlier this year due to a similar dispute.

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  1. Zoe J Ashman says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:54

    Gaby Long

  2. Alice Lawrie says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:54

    Wonder if that’s why goodacres closed?

  3. Samantha Draycott says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:55

    Wonder if landlord is trying to put rent up.

  4. Alan Tabbner says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:55

    Landlords in waterlooville need a good kicking , it’s killing the town off

    • Maryanne Mumby says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:55

      Trouble is it seems most of the landlords are out of towners and have no concept of what is actually happening here ☹️

    • About Waterlooville says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:55

      A lot of the retail units are owned by corporations and only care about making money.

    • Alan Tabbner says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

      About Waterlooville surely doesn’t make sense if they are empty units

    • About Waterlooville says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

      Their portfolio is so large increasing rent across all of their properties means an overall increase in income.

    • Liz Evans says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

      Oh no! Really hope the dispute can be resolved or they find other premises soon :-(

  5. Peter Jackson says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:55

    Janet Jackson

  6. Ann Watson Cotter says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:55

    It’s a disgusting shame what these Landlords are doing to the ‘Ville.

    • Dave FrySnr says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

      Landlords are doing it everywhere

  7. Dee Peters says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 16:55

    Looks like landlord would rather have empty shops.

  8. Karen Hampson says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

    Are the landlords that dense they don’t seem to realise that increasing the rent means an empty shop and then NO rent payment? Robert Dyas closed due to an increase in rent (so l’m lead to believe?). It’s ALWAYS the customer who loses out. Landlords take note!

    • About Waterlooville says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

      Afraid to say due to the size of their portfolio, many corporations have properties worth billions, increasing rent across the board may mean some empty premises for a period of time but a net increase in income.

    • Cathy Colwell says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

      Also can probably show some losses when it comes to reducing tax bills/ write offs etc. I m not an accountant but there must be some loopholes they are abusing

  9. Charlotte Waters says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

    Tracy Pushman looks like you’ll be finding a new optician

    • Tracy Pushman says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

      Certainly hope not

  10. Lynette Morley says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

    Not another one waterlooville is dead

  11. Matt Charman says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

    I think landlords want to force shops out because there’s more money in converting to flats and retail is being killed off by large supermarkets and online shopping.

  12. Sharon Tapley Wiseman says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:34

    Another charity shop on the way then!!!

  13. Roz Jarrett says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:54

    An so another shops bites the dust . Bye bye Waterlooville shopping Centre . More flats houses I expect so more traffic chaos !! Hey ho

  14. Jackie Dennis says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:54

    Pat Cross is that your mates shop x

  15. Ray Palmer says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 17:54

    Call me a cynic, but is the landlord’s intention that the ‘town centre’ gets to such a dreadful state that planners will not be able to resist lucrative development plans for housing?

  16. Karen Connolly says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    If they go then I will just go to another one of their branches. Therefore Waterlooville will lose my custom. It is so sad … as said above, the greedy landlords are killing Waterlooville off.

  17. Alison De-Ville says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    Edwige, this is why we are not moving into the town centre, I’m happy at the other end.
    Quiet but secure.

    • Edwige Collins says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 22:54

      I undetstand

  18. Jessica Knee says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    This was a lovely opticians, staff were so friendly, they called me the day before they closed to let me know id have to collect from another store , they sounded gutted about it but by the sounds of it had no choice

  19. Dulcie Warren says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    I think the landlords don’t want the shops re leased because they can say the footfall in the precinct is below expected which then allows them to say the site would be better used for housing…need I day more.

  20. Danny Mac says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    Jordan Mikey Paul

  21. Patricia Cafferky says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    Could be another charity shop lets face that’s all waterlooville seems to be

  22. Sarah Collins says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    We went in the other day to make a check up appointment and they told us they were closing because of the rental cost being £2000+ a month such a shame :-(

  23. Vicki Hooper says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    Brilliant optician landlords are deliberately killing waterlooville 😞

  24. Lindy Louise Bannister says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 18:54

    Jane Perkins

  25. Lorna Hatherley says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

    All this “housing” they want need places to shop!

  26. Anita Netherton says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

    Maybe if the council owned the shops the town wouldn’t be in this state as they might keep the rent affordable? Such a shame, I can see why people are moving away ☹

  27. Barrie Gibson says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

    They probably didn’t see that coming 😂

  28. Robert Watts says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

    I hope not another empty shop.

  29. Kervin Willmott says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 19:54

    Landlords in general are just out to make money and ruin town centres “GREED”

  30. Shirley Page says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 20:54

    The landlord’s expect them to sign up for longer than they want,it happened in another shop.😬

  31. Sara Bettney says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 20:54

    Shops in the boulevard all pay £20,000 plus a year rent way out of proportion to the footfall!

  32. Pat Knowles says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 20:54

    The flower shop near the post office is closing on the 28th. Oct.

  33. Wynn Williams says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 20:54

    The landlords want to clear the shops and develop as housing like Wellington way. The council doesn’t help by the really high council tax so I doubt if they had the shops they would rent them for less. Having said that with the high number of empty/charity shops they should compulsory purchase them for the good of the town

    • Mike Wright says

      Wednesday 18th October 2017 at 13:37

      Wynn, the council do not set the rates, the UK govenrment does. The council collects them on behalf of the Gov, and I think most of the shops rates decreased at the recent revaluation

  34. Michelle Berry says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 20:54

    This landlord is driving everyone our of town so all we will be left with are coffee shops and charity shops. Greedy. 😠

  35. Belinda Holly Lipscomb says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 20:54

    Lana Dawn

    • Lana Dawn says

      Sunday 15th October 2017 at 20:54

      Wtaf?? 😔😏

  36. Amie Watkinson says

    Sunday 15th October 2017 at 21:54

    Adam Perkins doesn’t your auntie work here? Xx

  37. Mandy Kirk says

    Monday 16th October 2017 at 00:54

    Wont be any shops left in waterlooville

  38. Jon Ford says

    Monday 16th October 2017 at 06:54

    does anyone know who the landlords are ?
    Can we not name and shame these people / companies ?

  39. Liz Cordiner says

    Monday 16th October 2017 at 08:55

    I have been using Peter Collins for the last 25 years and would not like to change to another Opticians, or go out of Waterlooville area.

  40. Barbara George says

    Monday 16th October 2017 at 21:54

    Disgusting they are killing off Waterlooville, take a leaf out of Eastleigh, a vibrant shopping centre

  41. Christine White says

    Tuesday 17th October 2017 at 00:54

    Probably made a spectacle of themselves 😂

  42. Jan Peck says

    Tuesday 17th October 2017 at 12:54

    Waterlooville is being split in half! Greedy landlords and a council that doesn’t seem to care. Havant all over again!

  43. Lucie Whittaker says

    Friday 20th October 2017 at 23:54

    There must be a hidden agenda, why set out to kill off the real shops and services?