Darwen superstore plans make progress (From Blackburn Citizen)
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Darwen superstore plans make progress
11:37am Friday 1st February 2013 in News
PLANS for a new supermarket in Darwen are expected to go before the council in mid-October.
Lucite International, an acrylic products manufacturer in Market Street, wants to build a food store on its land to help fund a new research and development facility on the site.
The plans also include the relocation of Equipe Tyre and Autocentre.
The proposals were presented to the public during a number of consultations and have been amended accordingly ahead of a planning application being submitted later this year.
Chris Murren, of architects The Harris Project, said: “We have taken on board some very positive comments from the general public and local traders.
“And we have made some changes to the plans including the introduction of additional landscaping and the preservation of on-street parking bays.”
Comments(17)
english rose 1
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4:03pm Fri 1 Feb 13
darwenTower wrote:The plans have not even been submitted to the Council yet, never mind go to the Planning Committee. So no 'deal' has been done at all.
I think it's about time we found out which supermarket we are going to get lumbered with.
I find it hard to swallow the idea that a deal hasn't already been done.
darwenTower
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4:12pm Fri 1 Feb 13
english rose 1 wrote:I mean a deal between Lucite and a supermarket.
darwenTower wrote:The plans have not even been submitted to the Council yet, never mind go to the Planning Committee. So no 'deal' has been done at all.
I think it's about time we found out which supermarket we are going to get lumbered with.
I find it hard to swallow the idea that a deal hasn't already been done.
I can't believe they will build a supermarket in the hope that it will be taken off their hands.
sean_brfc
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7:16pm Fri 1 Feb 13
louderfasterlonger
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12:21pm Sat 2 Feb 13
darwenTower wrote:A deal has been done between Lucite and a Supermarket but will be subject to planning permission being granted. During the consultation they would not divulge which one but its widely believed to be Tesco and will be roughly twice the size of the existing LIDL.
english rose 1 wrote:I mean a deal between Lucite and a supermarket. I can't believe they will build a supermarket in the hope that it will be taken off their hands.darwenTower wrote: I think it's about time we found out which supermarket we are going to get lumbered with. I find it hard to swallow the idea that a deal hasn't already been done.The plans have not even been submitted to the Council yet, never mind go to the Planning Committee. So no 'deal' has been done at all.
The whole of Darwen is looking forward to the 100 jobs it will create on low pay meaning the recipients of the jobs will still be on benefits (albeit different benefits).
darwenTower
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12:35pm Sat 2 Feb 13
So why will nobody admit that it's going to be Tesco, which very few seem to want?
Is it a scheme to gain planning before announcing that it's a Tesco thus circumventing the potential backlash?
louderfasterlonger
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1:14pm Sat 2 Feb 13
darwenTower wrote:I expect its a little less sinister, in that it is corporate policy. There will be a timetable very carefully worked out by the Agents involved about when they release the facts. The franchise is not the issue, more the size of the development on already hopelessly congested roads in a small Market Town.
WRT to the above, this is what I keep hearing. So why will nobody admit that it's going to be Tesco, which very few seem to want? Is it a scheme to gain planning before announcing that it's a Tesco thus circumventing the potential backlash?
darwenTower
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2:24pm Sat 2 Feb 13
Lucite are behind them claiming the same.
People at the council are reckoning they don't know who will be moving in.
Do they all think we are stupid or do they not care that it's obvious that they are lying as it comes so naturally to them?
english rose 1
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8:31pm Sat 2 Feb 13
Your conspiricy theory simply isn't true.
darwenTower
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10:03pm Sat 2 Feb 13
2 for 5p
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11:16pm Sat 2 Feb 13
darwenTower
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11:20pm Sat 2 Feb 13
2 for 5p wrote:How's that work then? In my experience supermarkets are expensive and they all sell the same stuff.
who cares which supermarket it is the most important thing is that it will bring people in Darwen more choce and lower prices.
2 for 5p
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2:14am Sun 3 Feb 13
darwenTower wrote:What planet are you from .
2 for 5p wrote: who cares which supermarket it is the most important thing is that it will bring people in Darwen more choce and lower prices.How's that work then? In my experience supermarkets are expensive and they all sell the same stuff.
if supermarkets were as you say they would all be going to the wall.
my advice to you is to engage brain before opening mouth.
tombhoy
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12:14pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Whatever 'franchise' it belongs to I cannot see how it will help the majority of the people of Darwen - it certainly will not give me anymore money to be able to spend, so if I use it, other retaillers will be missing out on my custom.
There will no doubt be some locals employed at the new store, but I also feel that smaller retaillers will be laying off staff as sales there fall.
darwenTower
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3:36pm Sun 3 Feb 13
2 for 5p wrote:That's a bit rich coming from you.
darwenTower wrote:What planet are you from .
2 for 5p wrote: who cares which supermarket it is the most important thing is that it will bring people in Darwen more choce and lower prices.How's that work then? In my experience supermarkets are expensive and they all sell the same stuff.
if supermarkets were as you say they would all be going to the wall.
my advice to you is to engage brain before opening mouth.
Tesco et al have the budget to hammer into the masses that they are doing them a favour and for reasons I struggle to fathom everyone believes them. It speaks for itself really that all the main supermarkets claim to be the cheapest. All of them bar one must be lying.
In my experience it is possible to shop more cheaply than the supermarkets, and that's before they cajole you into buying more than you need with all their 'offers'.
tombhoy
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4:32pm Sun 3 Feb 13
darwen_celeb
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12:51pm Wed 6 Feb 13
darwenTower says...
3:58pm Fri 1 Feb 13
I find it hard to swallow the idea that a deal hasn't already been done.