Ecclesfield - Aldi and national fast food chain plans

[normansmum]

I can't believe that another supermarket is seen as viable in the area, with Asda, Morrisions and Co-Op. Not to mention the new Asda at Chaucer opening soon.

 

It's like saying Chapeltown needs another Hairdressers!!

[kirakk]

senwar we already have Harrods in ecco LOL

[ca28]

if you oppose the buliding of an aldi get a group of you together to fight against it Aldi were trying to acquire land near damons restaurant at crystal peaks but residents in the surrounding area put up a fight against as they already have a sainsburys close by eventually aldi backed down maybe it worth a try if any of you are that strongly against it being built.

[Jason Bourne]

I can't believe that another supermarket is seen as viable in the area, with Asda, Morrisions and Co-Op. Not to mention the new Asda at Chaucer opening soon.

 

Yes, I agree.

 

Plus the Aldi at Meadowhall Retail Park is what, 15 minutes drive away down Ecclesfield Road?

 

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[senwar]

senwar we already have Harrods in ecco LOL

 

Lol - forgot about them! I'd be happy with them moving up this end actually. Ha ha.

[Rosetinted]

oh okay then, you really are that tight

 

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It's not just that...where am I going to get my polish yoghurt from otherwise.

[Jim196]

Aldi are proposing to build a store in Ecclesfield at mill lane / the common directly on the area presently occupied by Rollem.

 

It was discovered that not all local residents were made aware of the proposal and did not receive a newsletter regarding the public consultation on 2/3/11, the Aldi representative has been informed of this fact.

 

If you wish to object to the proposed build of the Aldi store at Ecclesfield then please fill out the petition, the petition will be forwarded to Aldi head office / representative and Sheffield council.

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/proposed-aldi-site-at-ecclesfieldrlm/

 

For futher information

 

SayNoToAldi@hotmail.co.uk

[ECCOnoob]

Just had a look at your "petition" and just noticed that 16 out of the 23 already signed dont even live in England!

 

hmmm... do they actually have a clue what the development is and the potential benefits it would bring to the area.

 

I would also like to know why the ERAG are so against this project anyway? Do they have a brain between them. Its going to bring life to what would otherwise become an empty and no doubt derelict area of land. What else do they want to do with it..... leave it as a dead space perhaps?

[easy-tiger]

So Aldi are proposing to build a store on the current Rollem site. I don't live in Ecclesfield any more but if I did, and lived within view of the site I'd much rather be looking at a bright new store than (what definitely is) a run-down factory.

 

If traffic issues are a concern then anybody using a store at that end of the common (rather than Morrisons) would help the overall flow as the lights around Morrisons and near The Travellers have to be the worst in Sheffield.

 

Given that the bottom of the village appears busiest around 7.45-8.30am and 3.30-5.30pm especially in school terms (about when I still travel through it!!) I find it hard to imagine that Aldi shoppers would be making it worse at those times.

 

I'm told the plans also allow for other local shoppers to use Aldi's car park. Oh, I hope they do and drivers stop blocking Mill Road to use the chippy and sandwich shop, like they do right now, allowing buses etc to get through.

 

I occasionally use Aldi in Rotherham and at MRP and as much as I'd love to be critical of their products, they're not all bad.

[Jim196]

yep, I can see that some foreign people are giving there support for whatever reason, at the end of the day all the uk local petition members will be counted and put to officialdom, I am in contact with them via SayNoToAldi@hotmail.co.uk, althought they are not many at this point in time, I expect this to be much larger by next week.