On May 15, 12:40 pm, Tony Bryer wrote:

As in many planning stories, "the view of the community" is usually the view
of a vociferous subset. When our local Great Mills, now Wickes was up for PP
the campaign against it was on two fronts: "No one wants it" and "When it
opens it will bring traffic chaos to the area". The evident contradiction
between these two was lost on most people.

There's not necessarilly any contradiction in those fronts at all -
perhaps no one in the *local area* wants it but many others, from
*outside the area*, may travel to it if such outlets are thin on the
ground in that part of the country? They sound like fair enough
concerns to me... (perhaps I'm one of those 'most people'!)

Mathew