Supermarket

[Kim685]

Is the old gas house still owned by Netto? Just wondering why it's been left standing 

[san!]

talking about supermarkets, has anybody heard anything about a LARGE supermarket opening in Whitwood?
Was told by a good source a company who buy land for supermarkets, has bought the land that belonged to Heweden (the big crane hire company) apparantly a big war is gunna happen between Asda and another supermarket...anybody heard anything?

[Kim685]

Anyone know what's happening (if at all) with kwik save site?

[yetion1]

Kwiksave site could possibly be red lined to go back for planning in 6 weeks.

As for the Lidle site it looks like the long awaited blind eye to highways issues and planning will continue as work starts.
Road works in connection with the new Lidl supermarket development will commence on 26th July.
Lumsden & Carol Construction will carry out the road works contract which will be supervised by staff from the Transportation & Highways
section of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.  
Did anyone see an amendment to the planning?
Bad timing if Ackton is also shut.

[yetion1]

Knock Kock…
Who’s there?
WMDC
What do you wont?
Your front garden.
The Fev answer “Get F****D"

Here we go. Will the labour party clan be running around shouting a bully now?

So what will the response be now? Residents on the Newsagents side of Pontefract road have received a knock on their doors this week from WMDC highways. Without notice and no new planning application the new Lidl entrance suddenly requires 8ft of the pavement that is mainly in the resident’s ownership and will bring the road to 4ft from their front doors. Would you wish for such a busy road to get nearer to your house?
There is no need to take this much pavement. It is luckily a safety zone that has proved to be needed over the years and will definitely be needed shortly.
As Highways are more powerful than the Girnhill CPOers at least the outcome will be quick. Knowing some of the residents and their passion its no wonder the man doing the door knocking has only been employed for 3 days and his boss is on holiday.

[Kim685]

Knock Kock…
Who’s there?
WMDC
What do you wont?
Your front garden.
The Fev answer “Get F****D"

Here we go. Will the labour party clan be running around shouting a bully now?

So what will the response be now? Residents on the Newsagents side of Pontefract road have received a knock on their doors this week from WMDC highways. Without notice and no new planning application the new Lidl entrance suddenly requires 8ft of the pavement that is mainly in the resident’s ownership and will bring the road to 4ft from their front doors. Would you wish for such a busy road to get nearer to your house?
There is no need to take this much pavement. It is luckily a safety zone that has proved to be needed over the years and will definitely be needed shortly.
As Highways are more powerful than the Girnhill CPOers at least the outcome will be quick. Knowing some of the residents and their passion its no wonder the man doing the door knocking has only been employed for 3 days and his boss is on holiday.

what a shambles 

[Forkhandles]

Knock Kock…
Who’s there?
WMDC
What do you wont?
Your front garden.
The Fev answer “Get F****D"

PMSL

[yetion1]

Work has been delayed on the cross roads until week commencing 2nd August 2010 in order to resolve problems.

[Kim685]

The roadworks have still not started, anyone know why?

[yetion1]

That will be because of the bullies  …
whoops did I say a word that no one from labour or the Pont and Cas are complaining about except the residents concerned and some right minded cllrs.
Take a look at the scaffold outside the newsagent. The fight has begun. £8 for a land registry search was worth every penny  . The facts have all ready been posted yet no political onslaught against Independents. That will be the documented evidence then  .

[Kim685]

Had an answer from good source that tells a very different story, and no it was not from a councillor, labour or otherwise

[claytonroyston]

come on then kim685 put us all in yhe picture

[Forkhandles]

Apparently, lidl havn't got planning permision to alter the pavement on the newsagent side of the road, but netto have

[yetion1]

Dont forget the best bit of all..
A resident owns the Entrance sold by Modetex... Whoops
The information is as solid as the documents anyone can buy for £8 from Land Registry

[Kim685]

Dont forget the best bit of all..
A resident owns the Entrance sold by Modetex... Whoops
The information is as solid as the documents anyone can buy for £8 from Land Registry

So... does this mean modetex sold land that wasn't legally theirs?

[yetion1]

If you read the land registry proof of ownership it is obviously not in full ownership of Lidle. A poor mistake or the turning of an eye by an expensive solicitor?
 There could be other answers like the recorded statement from highways threatening to CPO land for a proper entrance. Wouldnt that be a great deal.

[Kim685]

Work should have started this Sunday morning with the Electricity cable alterations on the Paper shop side of the road, but there has been a mix up so it is delayed till next week. The work by the utilities is going to be done at weekends as much as poss to minimise disruption and a oneway system is to start on Girnhill Lane. There is still to be no road widening on the Papershop side of the road until further consultation has taken place.

[yetion1]

Unless the road width meets the crteria no legal required road can be built. Should work start unless it is a forgon conclusion that the newspaper side looses its land without consultation?
The Girnhill one way is unsafe and a rushed plan.

[yetion1]

The saga so far;
1.   Lidle; It’s September and no construction works started. That means an open date of February 2011 is now running away. The roads are a bloody mess that will go on longer than advertised. Where is the planning application? Ah…. Planning. Cllr Dick Taylor is now on planning with Cllr Margaret Isherwood. That should be crap for Featherstone!
2.   kwiksave site; moving along nicely now that 10 months delay has ended that was caused by WMDC. Probably will be complete before Lidle get going.
3.   Liptons; wonder how much Fev labour will run about after reading this post. You read it here first. After many months of work a national store that would enhance station lane has now taken up several viewings of the crap looking Liptons building. Let’s just save the name for a few days to see what the trolls get up to.

The Pont & Cas had another interesting letter this week. To explain the plot the innocent voices of Featherstone are not always allowed to have published letters while senior Labour party members over the last 18 months have been allowed to have their say. The subject of planning came up in the letters page with a complaint followed by the head of planning responding and declaring WMDC planning is squeaky clean. This week’s response from Brian Clayton is interesting. A simply letter asking where are the plans for Lidle?
We who know the area know the severity of the junction now. What will a short cut job be like especially when Girnhill is rebuilt? We have it to live and put up with.
Cllr Dick has and interesting side line…. A planning panel seat with Cllr Margaret Isherwood. Featherstone is doomed.

[yetion1]

Well here is a taste of what to expect thanks to dodgy dealings with road plans. This time no one hurt but how different it could have been.