Documentary Idea - Independent Shops

For this module I am working in a group of four which includes Hannah Grencis as director/producer, Heather Hall as editor, Emily Spokes as sound designer and myself as cinematographer. The first thing we decided to do was to have a look online for any inspiration around Sheffield that would be interesting enough to create a documentary from. I looked around news websites such as the 'BBC News Sheffield and South Yorkshire' website and then on an even more local news website 'Sheffield- The Star'. It was on this website that Hannah found an article about how the drummer from The Arctic Monkeys was backing up a fight to save some of the independent shops around Sheffield, in particular Division Street, that have been told there are plans to knock these buildings down to make room for building new apartments. 
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/arctic-monkeys-drummer-backs-fight-to-save-sheffield-shops-1-6892207 
We could tell that this would be a strong subject to make into a documentary as there were many comments from people who have gone to these shops for years, who were strongly objecting to this happening. As myself and Hannah live quite close to Division Street we have walked past these independent shops many times and have even gone into one of them a few times. We noticed that alot of people we mentioning one of the independent book shops on that street called 'Rare n Racy' and how it is a 'rare oasis of independence in the mostly soulless city centre'. Because of these comments we decided we could see if Rare n Racy would be willing to let us focus the documentary on there shop. However after going in to see if they would be fine with this, they objected as the owner felt really strongly about the topic and didn't want to say something on camera that he shouldn't. Luckily the shop next door called 'Syd and Mallory' which specialises in vintage clothing were more than happy to be involved in the film and like the sound of what we are trying to achieve, which is to look at the positives of these independent stores before they get closed down and show people why they are important to have in a city.