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Wenban Smith yard

On 15 May 2012 at 11:57pm Wondering wrote:

What is happening with this? I thought Waitrose bought it a couple of years ago.
If they have no plans to do anything with it then why not sell it off to someone who wants to make use of the site.
It is big enough to put a little arcade of shops on.

On 16 May 2012 at 12:20am Normal Adult wrote:

I think you'll find that Waitrose will put in for a rebuilt larger store in due course. They might wait until Santon get permission, so that they have taken all the flak from the nimbys.
Personally, I would far prefer a proper John Lewis / Waitrose store within the Santon site. Surely it's not beyond imagination for them to build a single storey store on pillars - allowing floodable car-parking beneath - with a landscaped public open-space on the roof overlooking the river.
Tin hat on...

On 16 May 2012 at 12:27am Wondering wrote:

What or who is Santon?

On 16 May 2012 at 2:56am Foodie wrote:

Aron???

On 16 May 2012 at 8:02am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

Sauron?

On 16 May 2012 at 8:05am Pete wrote:

Boron ?

On 16 May 2012 at 8:18am Phil wrote:

Oberon?

On 16 May 2012 at 9:28am Google wrote:

"Santon swoops as the Phoenix rises from the ashes."
Read all about it on the link

Check it out here »

On 16 May 2012 at 9:45am the old mayor wrote:

Can't wait. At the rate this Council works it will be the nice for the next Millennium (that's if we still have shops by then) ! Somewhere for the great grandchildren to spray paint !!

On 16 May 2012 at 3:29pm Old Cynic wrote:

Ive been to a few newly developed Waitrose stores recently and all have been rather nice, fitted neatly and unobtrusively into their surroundings and were imaginative when it cam to the the use of space and car parking - just wish they would get on with it in here!