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 The front page of this site says:
This web site is an independent source of information regarding the development of the Driffield Cattle Market site.
Unfortunately that is just what the site is not. It gives no fair coverage of the pros of Plan A---for the development of a superstore on the cattle market---and is obviously just a front for the 'anti' lobby! 
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I understand that the cattle market has now been given planning permission - subject to Government approval. The news item on the radio last week said it would be a Tesco supermarket. Does that mean that Driffield will have 2 Tesco supermarkets or will they give up their Kwik Save/current site?? There has been no mention of this in the local papers.
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I have something to add to the debate concerning the number of large vehicle movements required to service the proposed supermarket on the cattle market.
In Driffield every Thursday is market day and the town centre is closed to through traffic from 6.00AM to 6.00PM, during these hours a large volume of this traffic transits Driffield via Albion Street and Wansford road. This includes all through bus services which in this 12 hour period amounts to some 35 bus movements, in addition to this there is the town bus service and many school buses which need to negotiate Albion Street at the start and end of the school day.
Can the following question be put to one of the locally elected representivies who seem to be so keen on this scheme, when a large articulated goods vehicle travelling in one direction meets a large bus or coach travelling in the other in a very narrow road who gives way to whom. Will the police or traffic wardens be on hand for the complete 12 hour period in order to assist drivers and direct traffic as the inevitable grid lock ensues?
A large vehicle requires a large amount of space, yellow lines, pedestrian crossings and mini roundabouts are one solution to keeping the roads clear but are totally useless when faced with a disabled parking permit. Just look at the main street and count the number of cars parked either legally or illegally on yellow lines.. The driver of a large vehicle does not have the freedom to drive over and squash stationary cars, a parked car is a parked car and must be driven round.
This note concentrates on one issue, it does not even address the question does Driffield need another large supermarket?
This proposal in its present form is in my opinion ill conceived, the implications of is imposition have not been thought through. Theory is fine, in practice though it has all the ingredients of a good old fashioned British cock up.
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Plan B does not stand a chance because there will never be the funding for it. Plan A is therefore the only viable option and also represents the best hope for the future of Driffield as a commercial centre. The plan will benefit residents by extending choice and will benefit traders by retaining more business in the town.
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i believe that driffield council are choosing to get a one sided view, as almost everyone i have spoken to are all for this development ask anyone where they do their main shop and the answer is usually ; morrisons at beverley or asda, kingswood. So please let the town develop.
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Plan B with a low rise multi story car park would be advantageous. With cafe and leisure facilities around the water feature. It would still need to be comercialy viable to sustain it into the future after the initial build. Unfortunately it would look onto the other side of the stream and the monstrous rear of main street. And privately owned land with business use that is no longer suitable for a modern town centre.
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Let us re-elect councillors with backbone who will listen to the people who elected them. Not the self centred clique in office now.
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I have just heard that the council have approved proposals for a supermarket development on the cattle market and I am appalled at their short sightedness. Yes, develop the area but not with another supermarket, please. One town counciller said he was ashamed of the state of the area at the moment, yet I am sure he doesn't live directly within view of the place. Nor will he or his family be affected by the turmoil a supermarket being sited in this area will bring not only to the local residents but to the smaller, more interesting shops in Driffield that help make it, still, a town with it's own heart and not an identikit town like so many others these days. Supermarkets are not interested in loacal communities, they are only interested in profits and their shareholders; they are not interested in giving their suppliers fair deals for the produce, again it is profit driven. Driffield desperately needs to retain it's original identity and spirit and a
development on the cattle market site of new affordable housing, small retail units, an arts centre & cinema would do more for the town in the long term than any supermarket ever could. This campaign against a supermarket there now needs to go national and the aid and assistance of the media and supporters of a true rutal identity needs to be enrolled.
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I live at kirkburn but lived in Driffield until i was 30. i own a property in Exchange Street, so i suppose i qualify to comment.
Having read the press for the last several months i cannot believe the total disregard to the access problems that will occur if planning is approved for a superstore on the cattle market site and adjoining areas.
Lets just look at the facts. To turn an articulated truck
into exchange street at the traffic lights is difficult enough and then to turn into Eastgate South at the Spread eagle would be nearly impossible and likewise maneuvering round the bend at Albion st and travelling along eastgate south by Mariners would be even more tricky,remember general traffic in the area will increase 10 fold because they are all going to the new super market!Surely it must be a none starter. Make them see sense tomorrow and good luck.
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Having struggled for years trying to cross roads with my children I am horrified at the idea of another supermarket bringing more HGV's.
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there is no way that Driffield needs another super market, we need entertainment, a cinema or bowling alley, maybe some decent small shops, but not the type we already have, we also need to keep decent parking ares to encourage people to shop in Driffield
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Short of a large array of pubs, there is little else in driffield for the way of entertainment I enjoy. Where's the cinema or small bowling alley? Surely a town of this size and the number of surrounding villages could support it! Hull now has a whopping 4 cinema's that I can think of that are all major chain cinema's. Granted it's only a 20-30 minute drive to kingswood to cineworld or hollywood bowl, but after driving to and from hull to work, i don't want to drive back again in the evening, heck I might not want to even drive anywhere but being one of the few drivers amongst my friends any social event out of town involves me driving and thus drinking coke if we don't want to be shafted over the price of public transport!
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Let's hope that the planning committee see sense and reject the plans that will see many HGVs clogging up Albion Street and Eastgate South. I have to use these roads and footpaths on a daily basis and I feel these plans are putting profit and greed before the needs and safety of Driffield residents.
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i think we should have another supermarkert to ensure tesco does not continue to have monopoly over the town, however i think it more important that we preserve our local trade which we will not be ale to do with anotehr supermatrket. driffield has expansded rapidly ove ther last few years and some loacal ammenities would be beneficial if they are setup to be flexibile enough to accomodate the changing needs of the town\'s people. the retail outlets should be big enough in terms of space to attract chain store interest and be able to get a good selsction of products in each shop. Tiny outlets will not attract chainstores as it is not worth it to them.
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Driffield desperately needs a bigger supermarket. The present Tesco's is a nightmare to shop in. However I would imagine there are far better sites to build it than the cattle market
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It is unbelievable that anyone without a vested interest would want the appalling chaos a supermarket would bring.
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I have just moved into a property on eastgate south. I think plan B would benefit Driffield, the only thing I am worried about is noise polution and parking issues. As we have just moved in I am not sure what is really happening.
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Having only lived in Driffield for 8 months I can already see the problems another supermarket would bring. If it happens, I will move from Driffield. I would like to see something like a cinema, bowling alley, arts centre (like Pocklington), develop it into a park/green area, nice big restaurant/pub (like The Nags Head at Routh).
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I would like to see more clothes shops and more shoe shops in Driffield. We don't have very mush of them at all in Driffield.
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i would be great for the commiunity for somewhere for the kids to go. But then if you make and amusement arcade, you will just get all the CHAVS hangging around there!
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YET AGAIN WE HAVE ELECTED BRAIN DEAD OFFICIALS TO THE COUNCIL. IF THEY WOULD CARE TO COME AND LIVE HERE JUST FOR ONE WEEK I THINK THEY WOULD ALTER THEIR SELF SERVING OPINION. GET A GRIP ON REALITY PEOPLE THIS CAN NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. SCHOOL CHILDREN AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER BEHAVE CARELESSLY, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE AN ACCIDENT IS WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHAT ABOUT YOU COUNCILLORS???
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HOW MANY TIMES DO WE AS RESIDENTS HAVE TO MAKE WAVES TO SHOW OUR ELECTED FRIENDS WHAT IS REQUIRED HERE? THEY HAVE ALL BEEN ELECTED ON PROMISES WE TAKE ON FACE VALUE AND THE HOPE THAT THEY ARE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO REALISE WE ARE NOT STUPID LITTLE PEOPLE WAITING TO BE TRODDEN ON.
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My main concern is the car parking. Driffield desperately needs a car park the size and location of the present cattle market car park. I worry that this facility in its present form will disappear. If people cannot park easily in the town it's inevitable they will go elsewhere. I know I would! The car park is even busier on market day, where will everyone park then? It's so short-sighted. I have a business in the town and worry where my customers will park. Where will everyone who currently works in Driffield park because I'm sure there will be restricted parking hours when it is developed. I have no preference what goes on the site as long as there is enough parking. The area needs to be tidied up and developed in some way.
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Tesco and Lydil is enough, I don't see the need for another supermarket in Driffield. If we have to have another supermarket, the old mill site would be better placed to cope with heavy lorries.
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Congratulations on the traffic chaos video. With that filmed, the ERYC should be having a re-think. Might also inspire them to do their own tests like this before deciding where traffic flows.
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I think Driffield does not need another supermarket what with Tesco expanding at some point. There needs to be something to do in this town other then sit in the pub and drink! If there is a bowling ally/cinema at least there will be somewhere to go for all ages! There, however does need to be more clothes shops charity shops are all well and good but not for people of my age who have to go to Brid or Beverley if I need something new to where on a night out. I do live on Eastgate South but if we can improve the town for the better I will get over having to pay to park my car etc.
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Supermarkets spoil towns like Driffield, we visit the town regularly for the local shops and Market Town atmosphere don't let them spoil it.
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The range of local shops is superb we don\'t need anther supermarket. We do need a cinema, etc PLEASE.
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It would be nice for the council to take into consideration the ever increasing residents in this town and what they are able to do with their time and money!! Something for the children to do would be much appreciated rather than them just be hanging around outside!
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Social amenities such as a cinema would not only bring in more revenue for the town but give the ever expanding population further options.
It seems that the town is concentrating on building more and more housing but no further amenities are being developed for them.
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Any retail outlets could be guaranteed "affordable rents" for local Driffield retailers (much like "affordable housing" for local house buyers). We'd be less likely to see so many empty shops then. I also feel that as much of the current parking space as possible should be retained, maybe beautified with a bit of greenery, but not diminished as we will need more, not less, if the development is a success. Making a feature of the Beck is another essential.
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It would be good if there was something for teenagers to do, to keep them off the streets and suchlike
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It also desparately needs improved' social amenities of the type listed overleaf. The cattle market site would ideal for these.
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The Conservative Ward Councilors (Symon Fraser, Felicty Temple and Barbara Hall) stated in their last election manifesto that they would "stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Driffield to fight inappropriate planning applications" - so where are they now? Supporting the East Yorkshire council to sell the Cattle Market car park to developers without a care about what residents think - that's where!
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Driffield desparately needs somewhere for its young people - cinema, bowling alley. A hall for meetings and exhibitions would be an advantage. Driffield certainly does not need another supermarket - not on the cattle market site. We are a small market town with adequate small businesses which the large stores will put at risk. Our highways are quite simply not suitable for the heavy transport delivering to the proposed stores.
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In my opinion to allow Tesco or any other supermarket to be situated on the cattle market would be sheer lunacy. Eastgate is far too narrow for the huge lorries that are delivering to the current Tesco let along the bigger ones to come. The houses down Eastgate were never designed to take the amount of traffic that would pass their doors. Plan B is a golden opportunity to give us a part of Driffield that would be the envy of all other market towns and make us truly Capital of the Wolds.
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We would like a cinema/youth centre so we can have leisure in our community safely. Lorries are dangerous for people crossing the roads - plans for large supermarkets will cause this.
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It would be a good idea to have a conference room and bowling and more social rooms but not another supermarket. Very poor access to and from the site for lorries.
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No supermarket. More facilities for the young and elderly - dancing/entertainment, bowling etc.
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We need a range of amenities not a supermarket.
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Driffield does not require any more supermarkets. We need social and entertainment centres, cinema, bowling alley, youthclub.
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I object to the supermarket proposals as there is no thought into putting anything other than a very large retail shop and we have enough supermarkets in the town.
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There are enough bars, pubs and cafes. What we need are youth centres, art centre, cinema, theatre facilities. Smaller, not bigger, delivery lorries.
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FREE car parking. Asda or Morrisons. Cinema.
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We do not want another supermarket with all the heavy goods vehicles involved. We need leisure facilities and youth facilities. We should not have to accept what proposals are put forward which are simply profitable schemes for the developers with no reference to what Driffield residents actually want or need.
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We need a holistic future for Driffield, arts centre and cinema, and we should be encouraging a whole shopping experience in Driffield, therefore encouraging more individual retail outlets not more supermarkets. There is no use opening more supermarkets when lorry access for deliveries is going to cause chaos on the existing roads.
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We feel that existing supermarket provision is adequate. Our town is unique in the district for its number of small retail outlets. These small shops already attract visitors to the town. The addition of more small specialist units offering different ranges of locally produced goods would benefit our town. We live on the edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty - the capital of the Wolds. Seek funding from as many agencies as possible to get the amenities we need.
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Driffield is growing so people must like our town but we haven't got enough facilities for OAPs, youth and middle ages to be able to go and enjoy an afternoon or evening out without having to go to Bridlington, Pocklington or Hull. Please, please, please don't let the people of Driffield down.
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What we don't want - we certainly don't need a bigger Tesco. What is wanted in Driffield is a cinema, a social club for older people, a youth club and an art centre.
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With the proposal of Aldi and a bigger Tesco we do not need any more supermarkets in Driffield. What is needed is a community based project to include cinema, bowling, arts centre, youth club etc. The roads in Driff 9 area are not suitable for large delivery wagons. I don't know how residents already living there would cope. Lets build and develop Driffield for the people (all ages) and not just for developers.
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I would like to see a cinema, bowling alley, enough parking places and a landscaped area where visitors and shoppers can relax.
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The town does not need more supermarkets of the size already in the town. More shopping area for smaller shops would be nice if needed. Plenty of free parking would encourage people to visit the town. Leisure amenities would be an asset to the town and would not cause the traffic problems that a supermarket development would incur.
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I would suggest the 'community' buildings eg youth centre, cinema, museum are put under one roof to maximise usage and reduce building maintenance costs. Using only one multipurpose building may also forestall any critisism directed at 'too much' or 'too expensive' provision for community purposes.
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I like the idea of a market square.
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I do not want a supermarket building on the old cattle market. Eastgate South cannot cope will all the traffic it will bring. The road is too narrow.
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NO SUPERMARKET. Driffield is a market town and capital of the Wolds and should have amenities. We already have sufficient supermarkets and good mix of independent shops.
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We do not need another supermarket on the cattle market site.
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Tesco should expand (at George Street) and have bowling alley, cinema, good clothes shops, gala bingo and internet café on the cattle market.
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At last, a sensible plan incorporating what the people of Driffield would like. Cinema/theatre/bowling alley/youth centre. Plan B is far more acceptable than the developers plan. We don't need another supermarket and a lot more shops, there are empty ones already in town.
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The supermarket development is not needed and unnecessary. Driffield is well served with retail outlets. My visitors comment on the complete retail services of middle street. The town needs new facilities for the residents, not an extension of supermarkets.
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A community based scheme would benefit the local community and not a multinational retailer. Driffield at the moment is a 'market' town, however with the plans in place it will become a 'supermarket' town. Any further retail development would lead to serious congestion and would be an accident waiting to happen.
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Would like to see houses and greenery, eg small parkland, on the carpark and cattle market. The roads cannot cope with more cars and lorries along this street.
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A cinema, bowling alley would be a good idea for young people, it would keep them off the streets and be somewhere they could meet, or possibly a youth club. If a superstore is built it would kill the smaller shops which are very handy.
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We need to keep the town as a market town not a super store only place. Keep the town unique with small individual shop area. Superstores will only kill the town. We live here and it should be our requirements only.
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In Driffield we would like a good quality supermarket such as Asda or Morrisons and a cinema and youth centre for the teenagers.
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We do not require another Tesco type supermarket. We do need 'keep kids off the streets' facilities, a large concerns hall/cinema functions and to retain plenty of parking. Thinking must be very long term. I've just come from living in Derby where a large new shopping centre has been built in the city. Within a couple of months shops in the town were on their way out and next year the town centre will be almost dead.
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I hope that a Plan B proposal will advance further than a drawing board. With foresight the local council can get Driffield back to its former Great Driffield, Capital of the Wolds if it listens to local people.
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Please provide a cinema and arts centre as Driffield is plenty big enough for them.
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We need more good shops in Driffield, a cinema and craft shops with more variety then maybe all the people who shop out of town would shop in here. A lot of people complain about Tesco and go out of town to get to Morrisons and Asda.
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Driff 9 could do with something for the kids like a cinema, bowling plus café. The ERYC must make sure that there are enough parking spaces for the residents - if the car park is sold off what happens to the people who park there everyday to maybe shop or work in Driff. It's a no no to a superstore on Driff 9. Heavy lorries on small streets will cause such a lot of congestion and accidents. One question - who runs Driffield, ERYC or Tesco? I have lived in Driffield for 44 years - I don't want to see it full of supermarkets and congestion.
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We have enough retail outlets in the town already.
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Driffield has enough shops without any more. I would look forward to a cinema and somewhere for older people to dance.
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Driffield is a large town which has nothing to do for the youngsters. I think there is enough big shops (Tesco). There should be a cinema and bowling alley, for the size of Driffield having to go to Brid or Hull to watch a film is ridiculous.
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Use attraction of the beck/water feature to create a landscaped pedestrian area.
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Not a huge supermarket or mall type development. Small amenities to general a genuine Yorkshire market town feel to the town centre, bringing in extra revenue from more visitors.
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The people who live in the area should benefit from some 'community benefit' in the form of better facilities for young people in particularr (we currently have no youth centre in town) and entertainment venues, ie cinema, arts centre. More shops in moderation only!
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I think if we don't develop Driffield with teenagers in mind, we won't have any of them staying here! I would like to see a cinema, youth club, café bar, things for youngsters to do.
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New leisure facilities will enhance the town's amenities, raise the value of surrounding residential buildings and encourage visitors to the town to extend their visit to the town shops and the market.
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Driffield does not need more large retail units. The Driff 9 area should be developed as a mixed area of a few small shops, mixed housing and facilities for the people of Driffield such as a cinema, leisure facilities and a small park/seating area overlooking a landscaped area beside the beck. We need to retain car parking spaces. The narrow roads such as Eastgate South and Albion Street cannot take large lorries.
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Tesco should not grow more than 20%. I prefer Viking Centre Aldi or better still Co-op (Fair Trade).
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Plan B will never happen. Why can't it happen? Why should we settle for second best? This is our chance to have a super place to live, lets not blow it.
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Driffield can become a vibrant market town if we provide the suggested threatre, cinema, art house etc, otherwise the town will decay into similar lines as Bridlington has become.
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In my opinion the town does not require another big supermarket. Great thought should be given with regards to traffic flow and car parking on Eastgate South.
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NO supermarket. Do not kill the small shops!
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More supermarkets will not benefit the general people of Driffield. All it will do is line the pockets of those already wealthy enough. The wish list proposal is fantastic. Something for everybody which will benefit the future and present generations of Driffield and surrounding areas for years to come and put us back on the map and bring new life to the area which is just what we need.
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I am concerned about the culveting of the back - I think we should use this ancient watercourse to enhance our town. I would like to see a cinema somewhere in Driffield and this would be a central site for it that would not involve a lot of travelling.
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Driffield has enough shops and supermarkets. What we need is something for the people of the town, eg cinema, bowling, youth centres, a lot of people travel out of town for these, so it would make sense for the town to have its own.
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I cannot understand how when most people in Driffield would like a plan to include a cinema, bowling alley and community facilities we have ended up with plans of new supermarkets. I have lost count of the number of times people from out of town have commented on how nice it was to be able to park for free and how lovely it is to go into a town centre with butchers, greengrocers and such a variety of small shops. I cannot see how big lorries can use the roads into the proposed supermarkets at all. The roads are just too small and the corners too sharp. I cannot believe planning people have actually stood in these streets. The supermarket plans are appalling. I thoroughly support Plan B - it is what the people of Driffield have been asking for for a long time.
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The town needs a large supermarket like it needs a hole in the head. Tesco as it is, is big enough. The proposal for cinema, arts centre etc is ideal.
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Priorities - make a feature of the Beck with beckside walks etc; include some community provisions (as per Pocklington), small cinema, ten pin bowling, some small conference rooms; any retail provision complements rather than duplicates what Driffield already has; pay more attention to the aesthetics of the development.
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We need a few upmarket shops to compete with Tesco.
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Think of the people of Driffield and area, not national superstores.
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The current set of development proposals are called 'strategic' yet the plans seem only to consider retail facilities, surely a strategic plan should consider many other factors. The future of Driffield is far more important to those living in, and around, the town than it ever will be to supermarket boards of directors.
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We do not need a supermarket on the site of the old market. The traffic situation in the town already is too congested at certain times of the day and these 'commerical inspired' plans would make it worse. We need the sort of facilities that Plan B proposes.
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I don't really understand what goes on with councils and stuff. All I know is that I wish they would listen to what young people in Driff want. Its not asking mfor much to want something to do or somewhere to go with friends. Please think about the younger people.
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This town needs some public performance space
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Definitely NOT another supermarket. We need amenities for local people, especially youngsters. Plan B is the answer, with a much needed cinema, bowling alley, youth centre etc.
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Whatever the outcome of all these plans - please leave the Water Forlorn alone!! My husband and myself have attending meetings and he has written emails to the necessary offices. Also has been to planning meetings at the Bell and site meeting at the cattle market. We observe all the heavy traffic that drives through Eastgate South,Galloway Lane etc. Quite often the very large lorries have to have two or three attempts at turning in front of our house. The idea of more delivery vehicles etc along these roads cannot be contemplated.
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Its time the east riding council listened to what the people of Driffield want. I am fed up with looking at that eyesore every time I open my curtains. NO superstore - give Driffield what it needs to move into the 21st century.
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I do fail to see how this application can be considered when a similar application has already been unanimously refused on police advice in connection with traffic problems that would arise from such a scheme. Do the Council feel that this overwhelming problem has gone away or perhaps try to convince themselves it doesn't exist.
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I would be interested in keeping some parking spaces.
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I think plan B is a much better idea and will be a big advantage for our community. Plan A is going to cause a lot of problems for the streets surrounding the cattle market area. It is not a suitable area for a supermarket in my opinion.
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Driffield roads are congested enough without bringing more HGV down roads that cannot stand this excessive traffic. It would put road noise up to the point of being unliveable for the residents to bear. Parking is a premium to the residents of Eastgate. WHERE DO WE PARK IF THIS GOES AHEAD.
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To avoid large HGV entering the town could it not be possible for all trades in the town being supplied by large HGV to have depot and storage premises on the industrial estate with small box vans supplying the retail outlets to save noise and congestion.
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We already have too many supermarkets. Another great big ugly and quite frankly USELESS building would do nothing for the community and would only damage the trade of local businesses further.
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I would like a new range of decent shops, as Driffield is lacking in them. A cinema would be trashed in seconds knowing the Driffield area.
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Would prefer more retail outlets owned by respectful companies, not only for community but for younger people also.
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Let's face it, if there were social amenities they would probably get ruined. A range of better shops, et Topshop, New Look, Lush, etc would be more appreciated.
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I would prefer there to be a small range of high street stores, eg New Look. This would be good for the young population of Driffield and also the growing threshold population would be sufficient for these shops to thrive.
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I would like it to be a cinema because if a youth centre or a park it will just get vandalised but if you build something people want like a bowling alley or a cinema they won't want it to shut down.
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There is no point have 2 mega supermarkets. Its stupid. A cinema would be absolutely awesome.
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NO supermarket needed, already Tesco, Iceland, Lidl, Costcutter etc. A cinema would be good. MacDonalds would be ace as it would save people travelling to Bridlington or Hull. I would love to have a bowling alley wii sports is nothing like. Cattle market is a waste of space. It is used for drugs and graffiti. Having this built would keep people off the streets and give people something to do other than terrorising shops and crime.
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As a newcomer to Driffield. I have walked the cattle market site and see a fascinating mix of properties - all a 'hotch ptoch' - no cohesion. What links them all? Time and people. Could this become a centre which tells the story? The Driffield History. The Past - a museum. The Present - an arts centre, an information centre, medical provision, school life linking youth in the community.
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I would prefer a range of social amenities but no houses or empty shops! PS Where will we be able to park? Force Tescos to move out to Kelleythorpe.
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Please make Driffield CAPITAL of the Wolds in every respect - amenities, roads, health care, educational opportunities etc. A 'whole' environment with facilities for ALL.
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I think it is time that Driffield looked after the young people - there is very little for them to do in the town. I could become a focal point of the town with things for everyone. Properly landscaped it could be great and put the 'Great' back into Driffield.
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Why change for changes sake. Driffield serves the public adequately for the size of the population - runs very smoothly.
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With Plan A the traffic problems would be horrendous. With an improved Tescos and an apparently underused Lidl we do not need another supermarket.
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Both of the health centres in Driffield have outgrown their premises. The proposed location for a new one in Lockwood Street is impractical because of the access to traffic in one of the most congested streets in the town. Both health centres should amalgamate and build one centre on the cattle market site. This is central and hopefully will cope with the continued increase in population which the planners intend forcing upon us!
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I do not want another supermarket in Driffield. The car park is essential for local traders - we need car parks. A nice mixture of smaller shops might be alright. I would like a cinema in the town and some sort of area for the young people. My fathers family came from Driffield. I regret the decline of it as a market town - all the shops of different business have gone. My grandfather was a saddler - there are many horses in the area - where is there a saddler?
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I would principally like to see an arts centre - or at least an amenity which would allow and encourage interest in and expression of the arts in Driffield.
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The access to the cattle market site is near impossible for the large HGVs that would have to service the site. People living in the surrounding area would have great difficulty parking their cars and having access to their houses. Driffield is growing fast and needs more social amenities for all age groups.
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Driffield should have a cinema and a centre for the youngsters of the town. At the moment they have little choice of where to spend their leisure time. An internet café would be ideal as it would allow people to study and chat in a safe, friendly environment. Green spaces should be environmentally friendly, as should the final project as a whole. Doing this would benefit both wildlife and the town by promoting Driffield in a good way.
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If another supermarket is required, put it on Kelleythorpe and put in sufficient parking for park and ride - this would help the authority to meet its transport targets and improve Driffield.
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I am very concerned that commercial pressures will take away what life is left in Driffieldtown centre. Car Parking is essential as public transport is dire. A further supermarket would kill off what is left of traditional shopping and only bring low cost jobs. A leisure facility is required. Very little is available for young and old. Planners need to give attention to the wider socio/economic needs and seek relevant investment into the social infrastructure. Please consider the long term needs and not go for a soft option of planning gain by having another supermarket.
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My wife and I would like to see Market Street and Main [Middle] Street South, and George Street pedestrianised. We would like to see any large supermarket developments on the out of town site, such as off the Driffield by pass or on Skerne Road. We are very supportive of the idea to use the cattle market site for affordable low-rise housing, a cinema and above all, for a Wold Heritage Centre.
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The councillors of East Riding and Driffield, plus the shop keepers who influence them, plus the old Residents of Driffield, want dragging kicking and screaming into the 20th century never mind the 21st. If people are to move here we require Modern facilities and a decent supermarket. Otherwise we have to travel to Bridlington, Beverley or Kingswood to do our supermarket shopping,
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Plan B, in principle, is a good option but my main worry would be that there may be a substantial rise in the council tax which a lot of people can ill afford. The tax payer always ends up paying for things like this one way or another. Also, do we need a second community centre?
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Please please no more big supermarkets! Just now much food does Driffield need! We need somewhere for the young "youths etc" and social club and quality shops! Big supermarkets don't make it better, people shop here because of the shops and appearance of Driffield. Make it better, not boring.
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Driffield does not need another large supermarket. We have a real need for a community centre - the existing one is too small and poorly built. Young people need somewhere to socialise apart from pubs. One of the attractions of Driffield for visitors is it still contains some small, independent retailers who give excellent service - more would be welcome. The beck should be made a feature of the development. Some free parking should be included. This is an opportunity to develop a large area of the town and really enhance it. We ought to fight against the horror of huge supermarket lorries trying to negotiate a route officially recognised as unsuitable and dangerous. Affordable housing geared to local wages needed, not more four bed houses.
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I cannot see the point of another supermarket on the cattle market if there is proposed one for the Skerne Road development.
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If the supermarket is Aldi they are small so there would be room for other amenities.
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If a big supermarket wants to come to town it should be built more on the outskirts where HGVs can get more easily.
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I think whichever way council decide, there must be amenities for the public. Especially for the people in the surrounding villages. There is nothing to do. A cinema and a bowling alley would be welcome additions. Certainly a large supermarket would create more jobs - but please consider social amenities too.
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No more housing! Not Tescos!!
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Although I do think we need some competition for Tescos (who in my opinion has gone down hill lately) I am in no doubt Driffield needs other amenities apart from pubs. Some other form of entertainment would be great.
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Vets, Hat shop (for the races) solarium, recruitment agencies, multi-storey car park (big problem parking in Driff), plastic recycle bin, tin recycle bin, Macdonalds/KFC/Pizzahut, snooker/pool hall, job center, more public toilets, shopmobility - hire of scooters, wheelchairs etc. Basically you need something that stops kids hanging around on groups on street corners. They get bored easily. I think the youth club, cinema, bowling alley will do that.
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Driffield needs another large supermarket other than Tesco to balance the monopoly and give a choice in competition. This is a customer priority. The town badly needs social and leisure facilities but only on condition that the additional large supermarket, sited elsewhere (Skerne Road) is given the go-ahead.
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If there had to be another supermarket I feel we perpahs need a small M&S or Sainsburys to give us another choice other than Tesco. Tescos at present does not give enough choice in a town which is growing rapidly and does not cater for everyone. We do not need another large supermarket. Driffield desparately needs more social amenities.
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Driff 9 site definitely needs some kind of development but NOT a supermarket which would mean heavy lorries using Albion Street, which even now is being used by school buses, fire engines and all school traffic.
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The route very unsuitable for HGVs. VERY DANGEROUS.
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Our main concern is the safety of residents of Eastgate South and Albion Street, pedestrians and other road users which will be severley compromised by HGVs using this route. The roads were not designed to carry HGVs. Making a oneway system will only cause further problems.
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Driffield, as a town and community, is crying out for social amenities such as Plan B. Teenagers frequent the cattle market and street corners for a reason .. there is nothing else to do. Families tend to go out of Driffield to access such facilities and those on a low budget cannot afford public transport on top of the activity cost. Surely there is something wrong when we stand by and witness the teenagers within OUR community hanging about in a derelict, unsafe, filthy building because they have nowhere else to go!
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I would prefer a range of social amenities and fast! Stop messing around and get on with it! If you want to keep Driffield as a town, stop building houses and letting others move here? OR Keep building houses and make this town a lively place to live! Kellythorpe - mini Kingswood. Skerne Road - Asda. Cattle market - bowling, cinema, pizza hut. Kwik Save - big Tesco with petrol station. Get rid of Charity shops. Old Post Office - Weathespoons.
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Plan B as there might not be as many teenagers on the street getting blamed for damage caused as there is no where in Driffield for teenagers to go. Its about time the council made Eastgate South one way anyhow. It might stop all the accidents caused due to speeding down the road. There's too many supermarkets in Driffield.
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A supermarket would bring too much traffic down Eastgate.
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We think there are enough supermarkets in the town. A shopping centre like North Point in Hull would be good and also a cinema would be great as well. I also think the traffic would be unbearable if a supermarket was to be built.
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I am in favour of developing the site for many reasons but I am VERY concerned about the traffic situation along Eastgate South. This is a very busy route for many school children 5 days a week and there are always near misses outside my house. I imagine the situation with all the extra wagons on this road. I want something for my children to do. OK they are only 3 at the moment but they still need something in years to come and why should we have to travel to Brid to entertain them?
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Plan B is an excellent idea for the community but I feel strongly that there should not be any more houses built on the site as Driffield is being built up too much. Local amenities such as doctors, dentist and supermarkets, plus schools are already struggling to keep up with the population constantly growing! Nor should there be any retail units on the site as our town struggles to keep businesses on the go as it is. If retail units end up on there, wait 2 years and they will be just stood empty or made into more charity shops. Come on council, does a small town like Driffield need any more charity shops?
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I certainly am not in favour of another supermarket especially in the cattle market areas UNLESS it was of the QUALITY end of the market, ie Waitrose, Sainsbury, and for that to be possibly sited on the outskirts of the town, ie Skerne Road, Kelleythorpe. What Driffield needs is more QUALITY in the range of shops and stores. People arriving in Driffield see now a host of charity shops and estate agents. Ask a majority of people where they shop for reasonable quality goods and you find that they go to Beverley, Scarborough and York because they are not catered for here. A full time Police Station might not come amiss in the cattle market site either. Be nice to know that there was a police presence.
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Under no circumstances should there be yet another supermarket. A range of social amenities is sorely needed for both young and older people in the town.
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If the Council should decide thee is to be a supermarket, it ought to be a competitor to Tesco, rather than a new enlarge Tesco stre.
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Plus indoor bowling green.
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And an indoor bowling green.
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We think it is time something was done. It looks a disgrace. My son and family were here Oct 07 and he was disgusted how Driffield had become an eyesore. Please get a move on.
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My friend and I visit Driffield to walk down the lovely high street and enjoy the range of shops. The free parking allows us to stay all day and have both lunch and afternoon tea in the local cafes. If a big supermarket spoiled the town centre we probably wouldn't come any more.
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Eastgate South is not big enough for HGVs and I've heard it suggested that residents would not be able to park outside their houses and would be given a parking space at the supermarket. What a joke. Why should our parking on the street be STOLEN so that the supermarket can use our road to make loads of money.
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Plan B will need investment but funding (eg from EU grants) could be found if the ERYC pulled its finger out and started looking into those options. Unfortunately they just want to cash in the value of the car park by the easiest way possible and not have to put in the effort to do what is best for Driffield to protect and enhance its future. Sadly it seems the Ward Councillors don't have enough gumption and backbone to stand up to ERYC and fight for the people of Driffield. The councillors are 'public servants', the residents of Driffield are the 'public' who elected them to 'serve' us. When are we going to see the councillors put what's best for our lives before what makes their lives less hassle.
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We are over subscribed by SUPERMARKETS! UNDER subscribed by social amenities for young and old! The infrastructure already strained with the new housing. We overload till there is a problem! Will any of these opinions be even read and rate-payers wishes agreed to. I hope so!!
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Would prefer the car park to stay and only the buildings to be developed.
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Come on Driffield, we need a good supermarket to be in competition for Tesco, but not this place as it would be far too dangerous with heavy traffic. A good supermarket would be ideal down Skerne Road or on the industrial estate at Kelleythorpe. We have a town bus - lets use it to its full potential. We definitely need a new Town Hall.
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It is high time Driffield had a good supermarket in the town centre as competition to Tesco and other shops and handy for old folk and people without cards. The Town Bus only covers some areas and taxi cost a bomb. Come on Drififeld, wake up while you have chance.
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We do not need yet another supermarket nor all the congestion and heavy traffic causing more problems for parking (which is already a problem) on a residential street, most likely reducing property values.
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My choice for the area would be housing, open space, car parking and a bandstand come area for outside theatre.
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I live on Eastgate South - the Road is narrow and busy with traffic and is a potential threat to pedestrians. Frequently vehicles are unable to pass each others and this often results in cars and lorries mounting the path outside my home. On several occasions they have brushed past me and my daughter has had to jump out of the way because lorries have been driven up onto the path. I would like to know why the traffic control planning officer believes that any road around the cattle market would be suitable for a large increase in heavy vehicles? When I asked that question at the meeting on 5th November I was told that we weren't there to discuss traffic flow and all the implications associated with it. Why is it not necessary to be worried about the volume of traffic which will pass our homes? Any suggestion of large retail units being built on the site will inevitably bring with it a large increase in lorries delivering goods with no suitable way in or out of the cattle market. If Driffield has the capacity for extra retail units they should be placed on the high street using the space where the empty shops are now
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I understand just how much the cattle market needs redeveloping but the current plans are just pure madness!! The road is too narrow to have some big complex. Also Driffield way too small. A small housing estate and green areas would be much better! I don't want to look at some big development that will destroy my street.
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Any consideration for a supermarket should be out of town, but the high street would still suffer. HGVs in town are a NO NO! Tescos can only cope because of St Johns Road and George Street access which must be horrendous for residents. Wilkinsons cause enough of an obstruction even delivering late in the day. Keep small businesses and the character of the main street - another supermarket (even though Tescos have too much monopoly - Lidl isn't an adequate competitor and could be a much better store) would finish the small shops. Local amenities is by far the best option if the congregation of youth gangs (without purpose) is [to be] prevented.
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I think the ideal place for a supermarket would be out of town on the Kelleythorpe industrial estate.
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Would love to have a cinema, bowling, museum etc. Something for all community. Need to have enough car parking for visitors as well as locals. Need to watch for big lorries down small streets.
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I have just moved to the area from West Yorkshire, where my local town had 6 supermarkets and the middle of Keighley had no independent retailers as the supermarkets had taken all the trade. Traffic was also a major problem, with narrow roads and large wagons. I like the fact there here in Driffield you still go to the bakers, butchers and grocers, or have the option of a couple of supermarkets to choose from, rather than an option of which supermarket only. The downside to moving here is that on an evening apart from going to Hull or Beverley there isn't a lot else to do regarding cinema, bowling, a good choice of restaurants or other social activities. This is why I think the people of Driffield should benefit from a recreational area to enrich their lives rather than the supermarkets getting rich off the people of Driffield!
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Develop Tesco and Kwiksave. Build a new supermarket at the old Post Office site. Too much traffic on Eastgate South with HGVs, EY buses which is terrible on a Thursday, everything comes round here. We now have tractors and trailers which are very big. One day I counted 10. I have lived down [here] all my married life and have never seen such congestion. We do not want anymore which will damage our property.
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We would prefer to keep our small vibrant shops like Rafters to keep Driffield a viable market town.
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Lets make Driffield a healthier place with more social amenities. Just remember that people need to park to use Driffield and work here.
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We have recently moved to Yorkshire from Dorset. Our small market town used to have 3 supermarkets but [then] only two - Somerfield and Tesco, one at either end of the town. Safeways were in the middle but then closed. Having two supermarkets the Council said OK. Now we make this town semi pedestrian only and as soon as this happened National Express stopped coming, shops closes and traffic became very heavy. In all it ripped the heart and soul out of that town. Don't let that happen here.
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Plan B is the more suitable alternative as it includes suitable places for both younger and older peoples entertainment, Driffield having cost The Rink recently, also both cinemas over the years, there being mainly pubs left. Also the HGVs will just cause chaos in the town. You just can't alter all the streets to accommodate them.
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Driffield does not need another supermarket!!
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Just get on and DO SOMETHING
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I would also like a new supermarket, but not on Cattle Market site
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Will donate prize (if won) to campaign
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Especially community centre.
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In competition to Tesco
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In competition to Tescos.
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Theatre facilities are important too.
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Use the Beck as a feature for mews type housing. Cinema, retail shops, some retirement homes, car parking. Build a new community centre - sell Westgarth.
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I think it should be utilised for the preference of existing householders. Definitely NO SUPERMARKET.
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I hope the East Riding councillors read the two letters in the Driffield Times and Post
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I don't live here but use Driffield. Hate going to Malton!
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The idea of a superstore sickens me to the pit of my stomach on the Driff 9 site. The town has no need for another superstore, the thought of lorries going down Eastgate South at god knows what time and speed is something I will not put up with. Lets go with Plan B and not let these superstore bullies get there own way like in the rest of the UK.
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Choice from Tescos.
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Driffield needs social facilities and affordable housing NOT more supermarkets!! Plus car parking in this area is insane already
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Plus a cinema/bowlwing alley
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No more supermarkets. Give the little shops a chance.
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Traffic on the primary access route is already horrendous - any more would definitely increase safety hazards. We do not want a superstore on this site! Any new superstore should be built on the outskirts of Driffield.
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The only thing this town needs is more parking. Social amenities would be a good idea but from past experience its quite obvious that the people in charge have no idea what people want and would undoubtedly waste the money on something no one would use.
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Are 100% in favour of Plan B, BUT a) where does the money come from; b) with the exception perhaps of the cinema, the amenities would not bring in high revenues even if well used and given the demographics would they even be well used? No, several lottery/millennium funded ventures (ie the original capital costs were met by these 2 sources) have since closed through financial non-viability eg the Earth Centre in W.Yorkshire. Plan B would be on a smaller scale, but would it face the same issues? The key to progressing Plan B rests on the fundraising (initial and long term) and upon much cleverer financial minds than ours.
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Not only am I concerned about our parking places in front of our homes on Eastgagte South, but the number of younger people leaving Driffield through lack of amenities. Since the closure of The Rink there is nowhere for older people to go now so maybe something for them would be considered too. The Cattle Market site desparately needs sorting so lets do it right for the sake of all residents of this lovely town we call 'home'.
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Driffield doesn't need another supermarket. What it needs is leisure facilities and maybe an Argos. What is doesn't need also is any more charity shops and estate agents.
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We need: a youth centre (that can be used), an arts centre/cinema/cultural centre/suitable retail sops which will encourage shoppers to Driffield not Hull/Beverley etc. We need to make Driffield a complete shopping experience, by train/bus, not just cars.
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Perhaps Tesco should be told to seel this land at the cattle market that they own whey they are supposed to be developing their site off George Street. Tesco does not and should not hold the whip hand!!!
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Driffield does not warrant a large superstore, it needs more amenities for the young people. They are Driffield's future.
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We don't want another supermarket. We do want community facilitiers - arts centre, cinema, youth centre, new library and museum. We would like to see the beck area with trees, walks, restaurants, cafes. Is it possible for Town Council to interest a 'green' community developer? It would probably require the Cattle Market Company to sell at less than top price - buy maybe they are community minded too.
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A little more imagination - 3 supermarkets are enough. Traffic should be thought about as a whole. Present traffic route for supposed supermarket ridiculous. We would love a prayer community centre including the chalk stream with pleasant housing for disabled. Museum and arts centre for old and young essential.
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Driffield needs more youth and social amenities. Build your supermarkets on the outskirts. Lidl never appears busy - why more? Tesco are also planning large extensions, that is sufficient.
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Plan B contains all the items I listed on the questionnaire we were asked to submit about the land known as Driff 9. I am sure many more people felt the same way but the plans displayed in the Bell Hotel did not seem to have taken notice of any suggestions made. If only this could go ahead the areas would be wonderfully enhanced.
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Harper Street is busy and congested as it is with the school traffic. Also Waites is very busy especially in summer. Plus we get other people parking in our places.
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My husband and I are very concerned about the safety aspect that more HGV traffic would cause on Albion Street. We already have a lot of HGVs at Farmways! Leaving the street in both directions, the main run for:- school run buses twice daily, town buses all Thursday, police, ambulance and fire brigade traffic, all times of day and night plus 18 new houses going up with parking. Albion Street is not right for all this extra traffic.
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For the needs of the core community both young and old, a place to socialise is desparately needed. For a cohesive community with pride in its town, please let sanity reign and give us the facilities which are at present missing, and not "supermarket replication"!
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I believe Driffield does not need anymore supermarkets. This development will cause new traffic problems, which Tesco already bring to the town. A superstore on Driff9 will take customers away from the main area of good local shops. I also believe that Tesco will badly affect the local shops and another large store in the town would certainly do the same. I think anything that adds to the value and enhances the town must be considered. I believe the community centre, which would allow art and social displays, would encourage many. All the [Plan B] proposals as stated would be excellent for youngsters and affordable housing must be considered and the bandstand and green area would enhance this scene. A few small retail units would work, if they were a different and enhancing trader, not one that would strangle the good family shops that we have in the town. To have any town remain strong and vibrant you of course need a long stay car park. If most of the long stay parking is lost no development will succeed and it will almost certainly kill off our thriving market town as we know it.
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It is bad enough now at school times when the buses come round corner at top of Albion Street without the addition of HGVs. It is just an accident waiting to happen. Parking is difficult enough now without further restrictions. We cannot park now outside our house between 8am to 6pm 7 days a week. The town needs more recreational facilities in the town for all ages. A supermarket would be better located out of town centre.
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SAFETY ISSUES are my main concern. A superstore should not be put on the cattle market site because the traffic on Albion Street is already very heavy, calling at Costcutter, Petrol Station, Repair Garage, BOSCH, bus station, the vets, coal yard and Farmway - where very often large lorries have to park on the street (recently one was on Albion Street for 25 minutes) waiting for access to Farmway. Further housing is proposed off Albion Street which will add to the traffic. Albion Street is used by fire engines, police cars, ambulances, school run cars, school buses, and school children going to both the junior and senior schools, by foot and by cycle. What are the Driffield Ward Councillors thinking about in supporting the scheme!! Perhaps its their party politics and friends in "high" places? They are certainly not thinking about the safety of Driffield residents.
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Prefer Morrisons
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Vehicles already often mount the pavement along New Road in order to pass each other, its dangerous even stepping out of the door on our side of the road, there being no front gardens on this side. Also New Road is the main entry road to town and emergency vehicles use it - especially fire engines from Brid Road so the huge HGVs would be a problem as I think they would cause the road to become blocked. On market day people walk along here to catch busses at the school corner. This road is the access road to schools, the hospital and the cemetery for a lot of people so is very well used by pedestrians too. There are solicitors, dentists, a church, some shops as well as private dwellings on the length of Exchange Street and New Road, all of which would be effected. Not to mention all the side roads leading to the North and South. Further serious problems would arise for the schools - especially the junior schools. Children start there aged 7. There is only a pelican crossing on the corner and no lollipop person so these children would be a serious risk crossing the road.
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We have narrow access roads around the cattle market site and a constant flow of large lorries (dwarfing the old style cattle trucks which used to come to market) would cause chaos and damage. Small shops provide a vital, personal service, not only to the customer but also to local producers, growers and workers. Driffield is not Beverley or Bridlington and does not need to be a clone of any other place.
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Driffield is growing, that means more kids roaming the streets after school. Its best to have a social amenities for young and old. We don't need anymore supermarket here in Driffield.
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I think it should be put down to housing for first time buyers (and not buy to let) and social amenities for the younger generation, not enough is done for the residents of this area.
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When I left my home for work at 8.50am today, Wed 16th Jan, there were 3 delivery lorries outside my house stretching from the unction with Middle Street South to well beyond the garage, the last of which had also parked partly on the pavement causing an obstruction for wheel-chair users. When I returned at 12.40pm there were 3 cars parked alongside the house, all on double yellow lines, 2 with wheels on the pavement and one within 3 yards of the corner. None belonged to disabled people. All were committing two parking offences and one committed three This is but a small sample of what goes on here. V. angry resident.
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Currently we have no off street parking and can only park outside our house evenings and Sundays. If double yellow lines were placed outside our house it would drastically lower the value of our house and where would we park?
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Driffield has supermarkets. Driffield needs: cinema, bowling, youth club, museum, amenity centre.
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We certainly don't need more HGVs, not only them but the increase in cars etc using a supermarket day and night. The increase in traffic since speed bumps were put down the main street has been horrific. HGVs, buses, fire etc and cars. Albion Street is not viable for the traffic we get now. What Driffield does need is more social amenities. Anyone with any sense would realise that.
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I do not want a supermarket because of noise of HGVs, possible damage to properties and loss of parking.
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A launderette this is open on a weekend with at least three dryers would be most useful especially for those people who do not have either the space/finances for a tumble dryer of their own.
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This town needs some public performance space!!
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Marks and Spencer
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We need some facilities for familys. Kids entertainment etc, places such as cinema, bowling alley. Driffield Heritage Centre. NOT another supermarket.
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It would be very nice to have a Marks and Spencer store.
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I suggest if you build a new Tescos in the cattle market you make the old Tescos two storey (better foundations maybe) and convert to put a bowling alley on ground floor and a cinema above it.
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Lets wake Driffield up and bring in some fun places for all ages to enjoy. Supermarkets make enough money.
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We need another supermarket to keep prices down in Tesco and for healthy competition but a different site to Cattle Market. Roads surrounding Cattle Market are totally not suitable for large lorries etc.
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No more infernal supermarkets
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Would not like to see the big car park go (next to the Cattle Market).
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There needs to be more places for teenagers to go so they are not hanging about the streets and causing trouble.
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Whatever is decided we need to look at the town centre as a whole, ie access roads, increased traffic movement. Why not make the town centre from George Street to traffic lights at Exchange Street a pedestrian zone say from 10am to 4pm Mon to Sat and provide an alternative ring road around the town. Although another supermarket would provide price competition to existing ones, increased traffic movement needs to be considered.
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Public access from Eastgate and Albion Street in adequate because of width of streets. (HGV problem as old Cattle Market - manoeuvring).
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I would really prefer no alternation at all. Every precaution should be taken not to alter Driffield's unique market town character [to] which so many other topwns have succumbed.
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A large library would be nice. A cinema, a well presented car park with seating areas. Public houses, steak house. Memorial cow or statue reminding us of cattle market good times. This areas is a beautiful area and should be kept as such with the beck running through.
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Definitely PLAN B
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Tescos need competition. We don't need more housing in the centre of Driffield. An appropriate inclusion would be a Marks & Spencer food outlet. A cinema/arts centre is a good idea (like the one in Pocklington). A decently landscaped free carpark should be built to attract shoppers/visitors to the town or to compete favourably with Brid, Beverley, Hull, Scarborough who all charge for parking. I think the high street is the place for internet cafes.
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As long as we have plenty of free parking for working people in Driffield and shoppers. Don't take the main street of Driffield away. I don't want to see loads of empty shops on main street.
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With the increased building of properties in and around Driffield Plan B would be a better idea. A bus stop and taxi rank would also be needed. Build anymore supermarkets and Driffield's character will be lost. Small shops will then become a thing of the past.
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Driffield certainly needs improved supermarket facilities but:
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We already have too may large lorries delivering to Farmways in Albion Street. More lorries taking deliveries to a superstore would create unbelievable congestion. Do remember that on market day the buses use Albion Street.
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Lets use the opportunity to develop the price town centre site for the good of Driffield. We need community facilities not a great big supermarket selling what is already available in the town. Also, how can anyone realistically think that Drif 9 can be serviced safety by large lorries. This opportunity will never present itself again, we need to get it right.
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We feel that whatever else is built that a place for the youth of Driffield which will help in the long run as most of the young people will appreciate the environment more and be a lot more community aware. We will also need sesparately a place for parking if we are trying to encourage more people into down to use these facilities be they shops or theatre, cinema etc.
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Choice from Tescos.
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We do not need another supermarket but housing (perhaps senior housing so they can walk into Middle Street) is fine and any of the community centres would be a huge plus for our town. Keep on banging away to try and get this through to ERYC that this is a great chance to improve lifestyle in Driffield for all age groups. My fear is they will sell out - take the money - we are left with their choice not ours.
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Driffield's special school, Kingsmill, is looking for a new site as its current location on Victoria Road is no longer suitable due to its small size and very high demand for places. I feel that there is a need for a youth centre and possibly a multi-agency children's centre as well.
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WE NEED SOCIAL AMENITIES
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NO MORE SUPERMARKETS
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I am a visitor to Driffield. The town obviously has a wealth of local businesses, having supermarket would have an impact on them. It is refreshing to see local produce - bakeries, clothes shops etc. The youth and elderly need places to go to keep them in the area, therefore keeping Driffield alive.
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Access for a supermarket is a major problem, narrow roads etc. Skerne Avenue proposal for a supermarket makes more sense.
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Retain car park and redevelop cattle market as a health centre avoiding building behind Lockwood Street which si already congested.
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I would like to see these amenities because the young folk need somewhere to go and in Driffield they are stuck at home.
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I would prefer amenities in Driffield as the youngsters need somewhere to go instead of hanging about in the streets. Driffield is bad enough for traffic without adding this to the problem!
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I would a supermarket but out of town so parking will not be a problem.
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We DO NOT need another supermarket, we have 2 already and plenty of other food retail outlets. We need to support local business and local livelihoods. Plan B is excellent - we need social amenities for all ages (this may well reduce mindless and expensive vandalism in Driffield and surrounding villages/towns). If such amenities were available many more people would travel into Driffield and help the community/economy thrive and increase the quality of life for all. We could become a flagship for community enterprise and the envy of other towns. Long live the uniqueness of Driffield!
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Car Parking
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An adequate car park must be created to cater for shops etc in Middle Street North and South so as not damage businesses.
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Large Supermarkets always kill small town centres.
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Plan D - retain car park!
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We visit Driffield from Hull especially for the variety of individual and independent shops which make it a fantastic high street. If a large supermarket opens these may disappear - as in Beverley where they've been replaced by more expensive 'tourist' shops etc.
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Low cost housing for first time buyers
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Please leave Driffield as it is!
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Where are the trucks going to go? Want green bowling, community centre, four dancing, social events, like old town hall arts, bowling, small cinema.
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Please do not spoil Driffield
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Driffield is a market town and should remain so. One supermarket is enough for a town the size of Driffield.
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I think Plan B is more acceptable for the people of Driffield as a whole, also to the public like us who like to shop at the "small interesting shops".
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