Thursday 14 October 2010
Partial Success
We are pleased to report that some key components seem to be falling off the Council/superstore bulldozer, in that the Strategic Planning Committee today deferred a decision on the out-of-town Wadebridge developments as they need "more information". A suspicious observer might point out that they do have a lot of information already, especially about the fatal effect of a 30% drop in custom for our everyday town centre shops, and could today have made a well-informed decision to refuse all three applications. This move does look a little like a tactical retreat in the face not of insufficient information, but of the wrong sort of information. But we must be optimistic about the probity of the process, and today's result is better than the intended one - approval of Sainsbury's and Tesco. You can be sure that we too will be offering further useful information ourselves to help things along.
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Irrespective of the planning decisions that lie ahead, I will be boycotting with immediate effect, the businesses in town which are showing support of this group.
ReplyDeleteI have been shocked throughout all of this nonsense how out of touch this group is with the real people of Wadebridge.
I couldn't agree more with you Waderman!
ReplyDeleteI too am shocked at the views and attitudes of these people.
-Views and attitudes that are far more detrimental to communities than any supermarket.
-Views and attitudes that make people feel that they need to conceal their identity in the event that they do agree.
-Views and attitudes that intimidate others from speaking their mind at the public events with appalling manners.
-Views and attitudes that offend minimum wage earners and the young people of our town.
-Views and attitudes that are indeed out of touch with our community.