Green light for M&S development near Scunthorpe

“Can't really say whether I'm in favour or not....but I do know the comments about the road network in the area are only too true. Without a considerable amount of improvement in the area's access roads, the new M & S will be struggling to attract shoppers who I'm fairly sure won't want to sit in endless queues.
Maybe a total re-think of the junctions is required with a footbridge for pedestrians to stop the pedestrian crossings holding everything up perhaps? Then maybe access on to the North Orbital and perhaps a direct link to the M181? I'm aware their by-pass status makes this difficult, but where there's a will.......”

“Great news -despite the Telegraph extreme (commercially related we support our advertisers campaign because we can't afford not to) bias.”

“This is fantastic news!!”

“@ theiron1899
@P1989G

You clearly do not understand usual committee practice. It is customary for the chair to have a casting (and therefore second) vote in the event of an evenly-split vote.”

“Great stuff... good news...smashing...brilliant....wonderful....Thank goodness common sense prevailed......and the build is going ahead...One of the largest Blue collar companies returning in style...and panache..is very good news...and the naysayers who do not agree.....you can kiss my preverbial butt.......Yea Yea Yea.....Marks and Sparks 6--The nutjobs 5.....”

“Totally agree P1989G, He has basically got two votes giving an OAP councillor the final vote, leaving the younger generation to pick up the pieces in our town centre when they are no longer around.”

“i cant understand how when its a 5-5 split in votes, the chairman Arthur Bunyan gets the deciding vote, but he has already voted for the project so basically he is getting two votes! how does that work out?? absolutely ridiculous!!!”

“This is brilliant news, I am sure there will be regular buses running up and down there so people without transport can access M&S quite easily. I can't wait for it to open, I do hope though that M&S offer the people who work at the Garden Centre jobs first, this would be a fair thing to do. Disappointed it is going to take 2 years though, I was expecting it to be built and open for next Christmas. Scunthorpe town centre is dead in the water and has been getting worse year after year. Good luck to everybody involved in this project and Des, go back to your online business, you are not interested in saving the town at all, you are only interested in lining your own pocket.”

“How would the town centre cope with the number of shoppers that attend at Tesco, Morriosns and Asda, and all the other out of town retail outlets? Answer, it ould not, imagine if you trnasferred all the cars from Tesco et al to the town centre, it would be complete and utter gridlock, where would they all park, how would the roads cope, the fact is it wouldn't. One of the answers to brigten up the town is to keep the Parishes and the bottom end of town etc, but demolish the rest. The whole are from High Street, Frodingham Road is a fithy unattractive and in serious need of demolition and redevelopement but for housing, not retail, the town centre as a retail concept is dead and not many want it, not just here in Scunthorpe, but nationally.”

“I agree with @littleoldme. What will be left of our High Street once Boots and WHSmiths and whoever else decides to relocate to this new retail park? I can only hope that other retailers will take up the empty units rather than just letting them sit there.”