I have now done a bit more research about the planned redevelopment of the cinema.

It appears that there was a community consultation in October, but although we live only a few hundred yards away, we did not know about it. Those who attended say there were not many people there and the event felt stage managed. No doubt, it was.

There is helpful information online:-

https://www.genesisredevelopment.co.uk/

A new basement cinema is shown in the plans with a foyer on the ground floor. The street frontage makes efforts to conform to the previous frontage.

So, the big issue is the scale of the development and its effect on Bellevue Place. And how it relates to whatever happens on the Anchor Brewery site next door.