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DETAIL
We discussed the above
application at our recent committee meeting and the members have
asked me to convey the following points to your committee:
1. We are very concerned about the visual aspect of siting this
unit on the frontage of the site, it will dominate the area and
detract from the views of the main building.
2. We are embarking on several millions of pounds of expenditure
on enhancing the town, this will be at the "arrival" into the
town centre and will change the street scene to a detrimental
effect.
3. There must be questions over the access to the unit for both
recycling and emptying the TOMRA unit. We can see the whole site
entrance being blocked by traffic backing up from the unit, much
as the existing unit causes issues for the industrial area and
rear car park at present.
4. The most logical place to site this unit is in the rear car
park, where there is plenty of space, the access is good and the
visual aspect is zero.
5. There was also concern over safety. The proposed location is
a very busy access point for both vehicles and pedestrians and
this will add to the dangers.
6. Unfortunately, we cannot think of any positive benefit of
siting this unit where proposed and would urge your committee to
give very careful consideration to this proposal. The car wash
cabin is an example of how a unit can change the visual aspect
of the frontage to Tesco, this will only degrade it further.
Thank you for considering our views on this matter.
Many thanks,
Chairman
Baldock Society
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