Scunthorpe M&S retail park planning application change

“Free trade. It's like Des .COMerford worried about this development - you have to up your game or like he does start up a website and look into out of town outlets yourself.

Retail is changing from 1970's style town centres. Keep up or go down. We are in the 21st Century for God's sake. I bet some of you on here would have complained about the invention of the wheel or the earth is still flat.”

“Going by the amount of negative arrows on my comment it appears that many people don't care much for the "rule of law". Maybe they'll also not be bothered if their house gets broken into or their car stolen and the same Blasé attitude about the law is given to them...

Just because someones relatives want to buy their favourite liver paté or 15 denier tights from Marks and Sparks, doesn't mean that it's right for the planning commitee to ignore the planning laws.

I doubt very much that their isn't a single descent person in the town that doesn't want new stores and more choice on their doorstep, but the law is the law and no one, regardless of how many of the blue rinse brigade friends they have, is above that law.”

“Must be worried in case people go there instead of Tesco for sandwiches, must protect Tesco's trade.”

“Apologies buffering,looks like I got it wrong.”

“This development will bring much trade into the town. Relatives who live out of town are looking forward to this, but have stated that a town centre location would not tempt them. Seems that the only people who want M&S in the town centre are those who think their own business would benefit from being next door.”

“Just get the thing built, we need the jobs.”

“by anth8h

"Delaying tactics whilst hoping in the meantime M & S will get fed up and move elsewhere?
Potential jobs lost as well!"

Not quite sure about this comment as it clearly states that it's The Simons group that have applied for a change of condition on its planning conditions. So given that they're the ones enticing M&S to be the anchor store I can hardly see how you can call it delaying tactics. Had they done their sequential testing in the first place then they would have know that there is no real demand for this development as there is plenty of available space already in existence and would now not be being required to change the whole plan.

Likewise, had the NLC planning committee not broken every single planning regulation so as to facilitate them, then this whole saga would now not be wasting tens of thousands of tax payers money by dragging it through the judicial court process.”

“Delaying tactics whilst hoping in the meantime M & S will get fed up and move elsewhere?
Potential jobs lost as well!”