tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post4926181767468768940..comments2024-02-14T12:43:04.624+00:00Comments on Crosswhatfields?: Amendment to Localism Bill voted down by CoalitionSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-55594145349472021322011-05-28T17:38:01.946+01:002011-05-28T17:38:01.946+01:00There was a really good radio documentary about th...There was a really good radio documentary about this...<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0112yds/The_Report_19_05_2011/<br /><br />"Last month riots broke out during a protest in Bristol about the opening of a new Tesco Express in the independent, bohemian area of Stokes Croft. Hundreds of people took to the street, several police officers were injured and there was serious damage to the new store.<br /><br />"A longstanding campaign had concerns about the impact of the store on the area's character - exacerbated by the belief that Tesco had been less than open. The council are frustrated that they didn't know a supermarket was in the offing when they agreed to the site's 'change of use'. There's no obligation on any supermarket to declare their hand at that stage and Tesco say that as well as bringing investment into the area there were thousands of people through the door when the Express store opened. The Council have asked the Government to review the planning rules.<br /><br />"As the Localism Bill goes through Parliament and the Government appoints Mary Portas 'Queen of Shops' as High Street Tzar there's an emphasis on devolved decision making and more control for local authorities. Phil Kemp visits areas where the local community is split and hears that some councillors feel they can't ask the questions they want to - like whether or not the community 'needs' a new supermarket. The coalition had made a commitment to change the planning rules to that effect, but the question is whether a Government keen to kick start the economy can afford to stand by that pledge."Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-17057657931657962802011-05-19T23:35:04.276+01:002011-05-19T23:35:04.276+01:00Perhaps Ms Portas will discover that successful Hi...Perhaps Ms Portas will discover that successful High Streets are not one dimensional retail outlets, shopping malls without a roof or just about "consumers "(awful word/concept that should be outlawed except as worst possible insult)..Perhaps the concept of community built environment planning and economic activity based on human need and nature may discover a Renaissance..Perhaps Ms Portas would like to take a stroll outside of the 1980s and inform herself of modern up to date thinking ..Oh dear ..not that likely ...she has been employed by the bosses...tinkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-56448521108725767562011-05-19T18:48:59.956+01:002011-05-19T18:48:59.956+01:00I see that Philip Davies MP for Shipley was a mana...I see that Philip Davies MP for Shipley was a manager for two bookmakers before joining Asda which he left in 1999 after being elected...<br /><br />He has called for government to "scrap the Human Rights Act for foreign nationals and chuck them out of the country" and he has been criticised as "disgracefully reactionary" for saying publicly that he wanted to see "an increase in the prison population."<br /><br />He is among a minority of Conservative MPs who has called for the scrapping of the minimum wage and is an organiser for the economically right-wing Taxpayers' Alliance.<br /><br />He is anti-Muslim, and anti Debt Relief for Developing Countries. He is against reform of parliament and has been targeted by the Power 2010 campaign as one of 6 MPs "who stand in the way of a reforming Parliament".<br /><br />Read more about this vile creature on Wikipedia...Hope flownnoreply@blogger.com