Planning Application Thought for the Day - Saturday
The Environmental Impact Assessment says that people near the superstore should not be worried about noise because the car park will operate only between the hours of 7 am and 11 pm.
HOWEVER, Chapter 11, page 209, paragraph 11.86 says:
"n addition to the car park being used for customer parking, it is also understood that the car park will be used for access to the proposed residential units in the south east corner of the site. It is likely therefore, that whilstthere will not be any vehicle moments associated with the store at night, there will be some movements associated with the proposed residential units. However, it is anticipated that such movements would be both limited and sporadic, and will also be away from the nearest receptors, such that no impact is anticipated."
So basically, the flats above the shops on the current EDDC land (roughly where the tram terminus is now won't be able to have car parking spaces and will need to park in the supermarket car park. They will come and go from that car park at all hours of the day and night, slamming doors, revving up - all the usual stuff. So the supermarket car park WILL be used 24 hours per day.
Also, if there are shops under these residential units - how will they be serviced? We can't imagine that heavy goods vehicles will be allowed to park on The Underfleet to unload (especially so close to a roundabout - that would be obstruction). So, presumably they also will need to go into the superstore car park to make deliveries to the back doors of the shops. Will they observe the rules of not doing this between 11 pm and 7 am? If the shopkeeper lives "above the shop" - what's to stop them taking stuff from his car which has to be parked in the superstore car park to their shops at any time of the day or night?
So, what is it boys - is it a 24 hour car park or not? You can't have it both ways. And what if the superstores (and the other retail shops) open 24 hours per day before Christmas - where do the punters park? And what about the petrol station - will that be open 24 hours per day?
posted by Fighting for East Devon's future @ 7:48 pm
2 Comments:
They're not mentioning the inevitable night time delivery lorries then? If I understand it correctly, even local by-laws won't prevent them, because the big superstores flout them. So more misery for the residents.
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little tale too
It seems completely bizarre to me, when most towns are trying to encourage local shops and produce, that the proposal should include a huge supermarket. (Well I'm not surprised, because its obvious that the developers will get huge amounts of cash from the supermarket.)
I love the locally owned shops here, and I would hate to see them go. If it is Tesco, as we think it is, I will be happy to take part in a "Say no to Tesco" campaign. We have enough supermarkets nearby and in town, and anyone who can't get to one, can use Tesco.com. As do I for heavy items. In fact, bringing a Tesco here to Seaton would still mean my supermarket proportion of shopping is done from Exeter where the groceries online come from.
I almost always buy my meat and veg locally. If the butchers and green grocers go because of the supermarket, it will mean I will have to go to Honiton and Axminster for meat and veg. (Perhaps to the new River Cottage shop....)
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