* The letter outlining the latest application.
Among other things, the fresh application, submitted last
week, aims to remove the restriction covering a café inside the new store.
But the move has angered campaigners against the
original scheme who are urging people in the area to object to it.
An online petition has also been launched asking the
council to reject the latest proposals.
Despite local objections, the plan to build the new
20,000 square foot store, which applicants claim will create 109 jobs, was
approved by Denbighshire’s planning committee in September.
It will occupy the site of the Dobson & Crowther
printworks on the A5, with the factory transferring to a new location at nearby
Climedw.
At the planning committee meeting, Llangollen
councillor Cllr Rhys Hughes
proposed a list of conditions, among which was one not to include a café
facility.
These conditions
were accepted by members before they voted to grant the application.
Now, WYG Planning & Design,
acting on behalf of applications J Ross, has submitted a new application
seeking to vary a number of the conditions, including the one referring to the
café.
Mike Edwards, chair of the group
Keep Llangollen Special (KLS), which campaigned against the supermarket plan,
said: “KLS are appalled by this
application being put in so quickly when the certificate granting approval of
the original applications was only just issued.
“In our view it is totally
detrimental to all the existing independently owned cafes, coffee shops and
hotels in Llangollen.
“We are discussing it at our
next management committee meeting on Monday, but will be strongly opposing
approval of these relaxations.
“We wish everyone in Llangollen
to be aware of these revisions and urge them to object to the applications.”
A separate anti-supermarket
campaign group, Llangollen Preservation, is also objecting to the latest
application and has launched a petition, which can be viewed at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-llangollen-high-street/
A spokesman for the
group said: “As of a letter
received on Saturday, Denbighshire Local Planning Authority have put out to
public consultation - for 21 days – a proposal to release Sainsbury’s from a
number of conditions, including overturning the cafe restriction.
“It is a fact the new
superstores only succeed if they steal market share from their rivals – usually
the most vulnerable, like small, independent traders.”
The precise terms of the new application are:
·
Proposed
Variation Of Conditions Attached To Planning Permission 03/2012/0030/Pf For Use
Class A1 Foodstore .- Condition 8D . In Relation To The Restriction On The
Provision Of A Cafe Facility Within The Store, To Delete This Requirement.-
Condition 13B . In Relation To Noise Emissions, To Vary The Restrictions On
Permitted Levels.- Condition 16 . In Relation To Measures To Be Taken In The
Event Of Noise Emissions Exceeding Permitted Levels, To Vary The Arrangements
For Investigation And Implementation Of
Mitigation.- Condition 19 . In Relation To The Need To Submit A Certificate Of Compliance With Breeam
Standards Before Trading Commences, To Require The Submission Within 12 Months
Of The Store Opening.- Condition 21 . In Relation To The Provision Of An
Additional Pedestrian Access Into The Site, To Revise The Wording Of The
Condition To Refer To A Revised Or Additional Pedestrian Access.
It can be viewed online at: http://planning.denbighshire.gov.uk/lg/GFPlanningDocuments.page
