TOWN GREEN
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The question was:
Do you support a Waitrose supermarket on the former Cricket Ground?
Results where:
Yes, absolutely 113 (31%)
No, certainly not 190 (53%)
No, but I would like a Waitrose outside 51 (14%)
The Chamber of Trade believes that the reason that shops are closing in Wimborne is because people no longer come to the town to shop at the supermarket as they did, allegedly, when Safeway was the store. There may be a little in this but the overwhelming reason for the closures, particularly of food shops, is that the arrival of 'chains' like Julian Graves in the town has increased commercial rents by some 20% so that small businesses can no longer afford premises. I personally know of 3 small food businesses that would love to come to Wimborne if only they could afford to rent a shop. But evidence from all over the country, and most recently in Blandford where the town centre supermarket has closed, is that the arrival of a large supermarket in the centre of a small town does not promote small local businesses – have a look at "www.neweconomics" CLICK HERE and
"The Impact of Large Foodstores on Market Towns" CLICK
HERE
Consider the proposed Wimborne situation – the car park is to be 'pay
and display' run by the District Council; there will not be immediate
access from the supermarket site to the town centre so ... people will
drive into the town to visit the supermarket, buy an hour's parking,
do their supermarket shop and depart – just as they do at Ringwood.
And we are left with congested town centre roads, increased pollution
and, most importantly of all, the loss of Wimborne's unique, town centre,
green open space.
Phil Atlay - Chairman KWTG
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LINKS
Friends of the Earth
Impact
of Large Foodstores
BBC
Story
The
rural shops alliance
Competition
Commission
Tescopoly
Corporate
Watch
Keep
Wimborne Green
Keep Corfe Mullen Green
These two web-sites are not associated in any way with opposition to a supermarket development within the centre of Wimborne Minster. They are each concerned with the requirement made by central government to site large housing developments in this area. KWTG is complimented that the groups opposing these developments have chosen names that imitate 'Keep Wimborne Town Green' but there is no link between us other than a concern for the environment in which we live.
Public Access WAITROSE Planning Application Web site.
ADD YOUR OBJECTION HERE.. Click here
Tue 2 Oct, Waitrose held a 'press briefing' in The King's Head', Wimborne, in advance of submitting its Planning Application to the EDDC later this week. The event was organised in great secrecy, Reporters did not receive their invitations until late yesterday and the Town Council was not informed or invited.
FAQ
section:
CLICK here to see it.
'CLICK here to read of the outcome of the application to create a Cricket Ground at The Leaze.'
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Pictures
of traffic congestion
Result
of the Wimborne Community Magazine Survey.. CLICK
here
More pictures of Wimborne demonstrating just how nice a town we have CLICK here
Click
here to see a statement by Bob Walter, MP for North Dorset
Click here to see a pledge by Michael Hodkinson, Chairman of Wimborne's planning Committee.
Click
here to see the Conservative Party Questionnaire Results.
Click here to see poem's that are circulating around Wimborne
Local traders... Click here