Melksham residents win battle over store’s plans
1:00pm Saturday 13th March 2010 in
Plans for Sainsbury’s to extend its store in Melksham have been refused by Wiltshire councillors.
The scheme would have added an extension to the store and its car park, as well as moving the petrol station to behind the Bear pub on Bath Road.
Cllr Rod Eaton, who is on the Western Area Planning Committee, which met on Wednesday evening, said: “There has been a lot of lobbying from residents and although we are not against the extension and are in full support of Sainsbury’s we want to support the residents also.”
He said councillors objected to the plans because of fears over flooding, as the extended car park would mean less land to absorb water; that the petrol station would be near a conservation area which would also be overlooked by houses and that the design did not fit the look and feel of that area.
He said the council would consider the plans if they were re-submitted having addressed the flooding and conservation issues.
Comments(2)
melks
says...
8:56pm Tue 16 Mar 10
If you think theres nothing wrong with building on a floodplain,then thank goodness your not in any obvious position where you are likely to have any cause and effect....other then possibly self harm.
Well done to these councillors for putting their local residents first. If only all councillors and politicians acted in the same way.
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BIG BOY WILTS says...
11:24am Sun 14 Mar 10
Who would blame Sainsburys if they left Melksham.