Shaw Liberal Democrat Councillors are pleased to see plans progressing to build a new convenience store on the derelict King’s Arms/Big Lamp site, on High Street, Shaw.
Local councillors and the Shaw and Crompton Parish Council have been consulted by the developer on the plans.
For his part, Shaw Councillor Howard Sykes MBE is looking forward to seeing the site brought back into use. “We have waited more than ten years to see the successful redevelopment of the site, and now I am delighted that we may soon see a new community store there to serve local residents. Not only should this improve the retail offer in Shaw, but it will redevelop a major gateway site into the town centre, a site which for too long has been an eyesore and subject to fly-tipping.”
Past ideas for the site for housing and also a vets did not progress for a variety of reasons including commercial viability.
Councillor Sykes just has one note of caution: “We just need to ensure that at Planning we have a workable solution to deal with any traffic issues as the Big Lamp is a busy roundabout, but these should not be insurmountable as we had traffic going onto and off the site when it was a pub.”
Who will be running the convenience store and what products will they be selling?
There seems to adequate provision in Shaw at the moment for both food and household goods and unless this store is srlling anything different it just seems like duplication as well ad possibly causing traffic problems at an already busy roundabout.
As I understand it it will be a Co-Op convenience store. They must think there is a market for such in Shaw and they certainly offer things that are not on offer. Hopefully this further helps keep people in Shaw (and jobs) and helps other businesses in the long term with footfall.
This is a private development and the land had been up for development/sale for more than a decade, a number of other suggestions have failed to materialise. Traffic needs some careful consideration as I have stated but a scheme that works for all concerned should be possible.
Who is the main developer on this site ?
This is the only information I have:
Correspondence Address:
Mr Gary Swarbrick
Gateway House
55 Coniscliffe Road
Darlington
DL3 7EH
United Kingdom
Applicant:
Mr Mark Warrior
Tattersall House
East Parade
Harrogate
HG1 5LT