Saturday 3 November 2012

Sainsburys planning application - Supermarket at the Beehive, Ulverston

Time to get down to writing to the SLDC Planning Department before their deadline of November 7th.

Receive on October 23rd:

 Ideally letters/emails should be with SLDC by 7th November. If you require longer, a brief outline of your response by then would be appreciated which you could expand upon later. I am not sure when the application will be considered by the Planning Committee the first likely date is now 20 December. Please contact me nearer the time for confirmation. In the meantime further you may register to speak at the Committee by contacting the Democratic and Electoral Services Manager or Committee Clerk. ( Apply to Fiona - Geoff) 

Telephone: 0845 050 4434 Email: info@southlakeland.gov.uk 
 Regards
 Fiona Clark email : F.Clark@southlakeland.gov.uk
 Planning Officer South Lakeland District Council South Lakeland House Lowther Street Kendal LA9 4DL 
 Tel:01539 733333 Ext 7332 Direct Dial:01539 797559 Fax:01539 717355 

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 I shall be opposing this planning application and will post my reasons here by tomorrow Sunday 4th November - making this statement means that I'll get down and really do it ! - Geoff

2 comments:

Karen Whitehead said...

Saw your comments on the biased Westmorland Gazette article. Suspect you do not have to do the weekly food shopping for a family. Those of us that do, or those that work every day need somewhere convenient that carries a full range, to save us time,to give us more choice and somewhere that is open outside normal working hours. We can then still use Ulverston town centyre for our 'top-up shopping'.

Geoff Dellow said...

Karen, you're right now that I'm retired I require far less.

However I used to shop for a family and for a catering business.
All the meat and veg from a combination of local butcher, the Saturday Market - best time was 3 pm when veg was sold off to clear and a monthly visit to Barrow for a big shop.
The number of people that don't have access to supermarkets in Barrow or Kendal is very small (they work there). Why should the rest of the town suffer for the benefit of a small minority?

That small minority can go to Barrow by car for £3:50 petrol taking 35 mins there and back just once a month - the rest is here in Ulverston cheaper than a supermarket on a Saturday or go to the Coop after hours.