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Anonymous
Registered: 06/04/2001 18:54:42 Time spent: 0 hours	(Date Posted: 18/04/2007 19:16:06) $%'`[NO TO TESCO]%'`@Does Clapham High Street need yet another supermarket or a licensed premises? Dont we have enough?I live on Aristotle Road and I am sick of dodging cans bottles, drunks and vomit on a weekend and sometimes a weekday. Noise has become more of a problem over the past few months, especially since they opened the small sainsburys, even if it is lovely for us all to by fresh brioche on a sunday morning. There is no need for more places selling alcohol!Contact Lambeth and object.http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/Business/LicencesStreetTrading/PendingApplications.htm

Philski	1#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:48 Registered: 19/03/2002 16:32:25 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 18/04/2007 20:22:34) From the postcode, it looks like this is planned for the old Money Hicks building, does anyone know? But I agree wholeheartedly - Tesco already have a huge f*ck off store at Clapham South, what possible justification could they have for building another one less than a mile away? Even if it's a Tesco Metro... I just find all Tesco stores a bit scuzzy. Mind you, if Waitrose wanted to set up on the High Street, I would be in the street with placards supporting it, so maybe I'm just being a hypocritical snob.

GJ	2#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:142 Registered: 02/07/2001 18:58:02 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 16/05/2007 22:36:53) Reply to : Philski From the postcode, it looks like this is planned for the old Money Hicks building, does anyone know? But I agree wholeheartedly - Tesco already have a huge f*ck off store at Clapham South, what possible justification could they have for building another one less than a mile away? Even if it's a Tesco Metro... I just find all Tesco stores a bit scuzzy.Mind you, if Waitrose wanted to set up on the High Street, I would be in the street with placards supporting it, so maybe I'm just being a hypocritical snob. Well it's gonna happen! Opens in June. Not sure why we need a Sainsbury Superstore, a Sainbury Local AND a Tesco Direct all within 200m of each other... J.

Philski	3#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:48 Registered: 19/03/2002 16:32:25 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 17/05/2007 17:48:35) Well, everone will vote with their feet I suppose - good ol' market forces, eh?!

GJ	4#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:142 Registered: 02/07/2001 18:58:02 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 17/05/2007 19:12:38) Reply to : Philski Well, everone will vote with their feet I suppose - good ol' market forces, eh?! I think the net result will be the closure of a lot of the "convenience" (ie over-priced!) stores on and around the High St. What are the other units in the building going to be? I think there was rumours of one being a Tiger-Tiger - I mean purleaase! It's bad enough we have the chav-fest that is Revolution but Tiger-Tiger? BUT the flats with their little gardens look genuinely cute and god know how much the "penthouse" is going for. Also the "Ipsus" development int the Old Town is going to be mammoth! Check out the plans at http://www.ipsus02.com/ Looks nice, though. Also new "Wines of the World" shop opened in the Old Town. Also (OK, enough already!) there was a great "London Villages" pull-out in Time Out this week - with Clapham Old Town featuring. J.

Anonymous	5#
Registered: 06/04/2001 18:54:42 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 18/05/2007 13:38:04) You have got to be joking - the Ipsus development looks atrocious, more like something from Soviet Russia!

davide	6#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:52 Registered: 30/04/2006 21:55:36 Time spent: 323025.00 hours	(Date Posted: 20/05/2007 00:12:50) Reply to : Anonymous You have got to be joking - the Ipsus development looks atrocious, more like something from Soviet Russia! Yes, I walk past the Ipsus site on my way to the High Street or tube, and I think the plans for the building look very aggressive - a massive brick structure right at pavement level. It will be interesting to see what shops come (and I am pleased to see New World Wines opened now opposite), but I don't think the new building will do anything for the look of the area. Dave.

GJ	7#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:142 Registered: 02/07/2001 18:58:02 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 20/05/2007 20:27:01) Doesn't look too bad - I think will be quite nice when finished depending on what the shops/bars/restaurants are at ground level. Certainly better than the eyesore it's been for 10 years+ J.

davide	8#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:52 Registered: 30/04/2006 21:55:36 Time spent: 323025.00 hours	(Date Posted: 30/05/2007 14:58:16) Reply to : Philski From the postcode, it looks like this is planned for the old Money Hicks building, does anyone know? No it is not the Money Hicks building, it is the old garage site next door, which was then empty for a long time and had weekend flea markets, Christmas tree markets, etc. Dave.

CHST.co.uk	9#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:160 Registered: 27/06/2001 18:18:07 Time spent: 457648.00 hours	(Date Posted: 30/05/2007 20:54:31) Ah well yet more insensitivity from the planners. I absolutely gutted that ALL new developments come right up to the pavement line. This produces horrible closed in canyons. If they could just leave us with a little bit of extra sky. Ah well it looks like I am leaving Clapham anyway so not my problem. Steve -------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Homer, Webmaster ClaphamHighStreet.co.uk (or use CHST.co.uk)

GJ	10#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:142 Registered: 02/07/2001 18:58:02 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 30/05/2007 23:28:31) Reply to : davide Reply to : PhilskiFrom the postcode, it looks like this is planned for the old Money Hicks building, does anyone know?No it is not the Money Hicks building, it is the old garage site next door, which was then empty for a long time and had weekend flea markets, Christmas tree markets, etc.Dave. Steve, You're leaving us? J.

Anonymous	11#
Registered: 06/04/2001 18:54:42 Time spent: 0.00 hours	(Date Posted: 08/06/2007 21:29:39) $%'`[DanC]%'`@On the plus side it has a (free) cash point. Definitely needed at this end of the High Street.