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The fight to save Hadleigh High Street strengthens... The Suffolk Federation of Small Businesses has joined the campaign to save Hadleigh High Street, 12 noon, 18th May 2013 Hadleigh High Street from the threat of a third supermarket. They state “We think it is crucial that the decision-making councillors (at Babergh) talk to business owners now about the effect Morrison’s is already having and understand the killer effect a third supermarket will have”. Hadleigh Town Council, The Chamber of Commerce, The Hadleigh Society and Hands off Hadleigh have all undertaken for themselves, or commissioned, nationally recognized professional businesses to look at the effects of a third supermarket on the town. They looked not only at the High Street shops and the loss of jobs and possible closures, but also at the implications on the town’s traffic, environment, flood plain and conservation area. All of the professionals employed agree with the conclusions that Hands off Hadleigh, Hadleigh Town Council and the Hadleigh
Society and now joined by the Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce, have made over the years.The opening of Morissons has seriously affected the shops in our High Street. Indeed if any of the major supermarkets suffered the proportional loss of trade that our Hadleigh High Street is experiencing it would make front page news in the national press and their share holders would be screaming. So what will the Babergh Planning Department recommend to their councillors and how will those councillors vote when they eventually meet to discuss the Tesco Planning application? Will granting Tescos permission to build a further supermarket in Hadleigh compensate for the potential loss of our High Street, the increased traffic, the damage to the conservation area and the increased risk of flooding down the Brett Valley? Or perhaps the District Councillors who are making the decision, of whom only one lives in Hadleigh, will read some of the documents themselves and appreciate what those documents don’t say about the impact that similar stores have had in other market towns. The people of Hadleigh have been correct all along in their campaigns to Save our High Street and ensure that Tesco take their Hands Off Hadleigh. Jan Byrne
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