Sidmouth
(Do have a look at the transport post below, it sort of goes with this).
I've been thinking about Sidmouth (I do this a lot!). The population figures I see for it put the population around 14,000 - 15,000. Seaton has a population of around 7,000.
And yet .... Sidmouth has no superstore. It has a small Tesco Metro, a small Lidl and a small Waitrose.
Now, we are being told that we must have a superstore because shopping is being done out of town. And we have to have a large DIY store because shopping is being done out of town.
Why doesn't Sidmouth have a superstore and a DIY store?
posted by Fighting for East Devon's future @ 11:31 pm
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No can do, there's a swimming pool in the way...oh wash my mouth out with soap;-)
Well, Sidmouth does have a Waitrose.....albeit on hte outskirts.
However, Waitrose are very expensive, and I only ever go there when I'm feeling particularly flush...
But look at the size of the Waitrose - smaller than our Co-op. Add up the size of the Tesco Metro, the Lidl and the Waitrose and they come nowhere near the total for out Co-op and the megastore.
And bear in mind that so far the megastore (whoever it is and we think we can guess) hasn't had to make a section 106 contribution.
Sidmouth gets the dinky and chi chi shops and we get the mega shops.
Sidmouth's parking sites for the shops are small and well spaced out, our are gigantic and all in one place.
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