Oswestry21

If you’ve read this weeks Tizer, you’ll know that the Liberty Mercian/Smithfield application has been presented to the Planning Dept. The others are expected to follow shortly. For the time being the 21 day objection period is not being implemented, as the Smithfield proposal consists of 7 boxes of documentation, and the other applications are not yet in. This means that numbers have not been allocated to the applications, and nor do  the public have access to them, so no formal objections can yet be constructed. But preparation is required, so if you are interested in making a formal objection, keep looking at this site, and reading your OS21 e mails. If you don’t receive them, then ask to be included on the mailing list. 

There are concerns about the partiality of the Advertizer, which seems to think that journalism consists of reiterating the publicity blurb of Liberty Mercian, when there is a need for a less partisan approach which might involve investigating the veracity of claims of job creation, beneficial effects on the town centre, what exactly is being offered in terms of free transport etc. There are plenty of towns that have had the supermarket/retail park combo foist upon them having swallowed the sales pitch, only to belatedly realise that the economic and social result didn’t stack up to the bullshit.