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    jmccabe wrote:
    You amaze me Colin; for someone who's so pro-Ledbury, and such a "born and bred" Ledburyite I would've expected you to know how Knapp Lane is spelt.

    I'm also intrigued by your change of heart regarding the potential for increased traffic in Knapp Lane; on numerous occasions in the past you've claimed that people from the Malvern direction wouldn't be coming to a massive superstore on the bypass so how come you're now using the potential increase in traffic from that direction for what one would hope would be a significantly smaller store on Orchard Lane?
    Having a certain type of problem with spelling I excuse myself on the spelling of Knapp Lane, something which it would seem is an important issue to you .. but there again it is just another reason for you to try and discredit me in the eyes of others. Using the increase in Traffic is nothing more than a little dig at LOTS's own conclusion, it could easily be said that using it as a reason to go against the Sainsbury's application and then promoting an enlarged Tesco is also "a change of heart" as far as LOTS are concerned, the main traffic issue isn't so much that area but the Lower Road etc, which I notice you conveniently skip over. As to the "significantly smaller store" well we will have to wait and see on that one, that is ofcourse if it every comes to fruitation, but of course any increase in the store size will increase traffic through the afore mentioned areas."
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We love Ledbury

WE love Ledbury, unlike so many of the Sainsbury’s supporters who insist on their right to shop at a huge megastore here, regardless of the effect it might have.

We have spent several months researching the Health of Ledbury High St, and our findings from the street corners are clear.

Residents and visitors to Ledbury told us they love our town for what it is and hopefully will be, and they pleaded with us not to let a superstore wreck it.

Visitor after visitor commented their own towns have been severely damaged by out-of-town retail areas, but they love ours for its uniqueness and vibrancy.

Why would Herefordshire Council or Ledbury Town Council choose to ignore this? Shops in Ledbury need footfall in order to survive both the threat of the superstore and the rise of online shopping.

Most shopkeepers we spoke to don’t fear a bigger Tesco within the town. If a Sainsbury’s superstore is built on the ring road, footfall will inevitably be reduced. Ledbury is wonderful and precious, its High Street fragile.

ALICE HUNT - Evesbatch
ANNIE PEAKE - Ledbury

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