Campaign group backs superstore
A CAMPAIGN group has been launched in Shipston-on-Stour to back plans to build a new supermarket and petrol station in the town.
Shipston Needs a Supermarket and Petrol Station (SNAS) represents residents who believe that, far from killing off town-centre trade, a new superstore would be a major boost to the town’s economy.
SNAS, which has so far held two public meetings and has launched a Facebook page recruiting 250 members in less than a fortnight, is backing a planning application for homes, a supermarket and a petrol station on land north of Campden Road.
The plans were submitted by developer ASL to Stratford-on-Avon District Council earlier this year.
So far the campaign has received strong backing from Jeff Kenner who stood as a Labour candidate for Shipston in the May elections.
“We’ve been without a petrol station since it was destroyed in flooding five years ago,” Mr Kenner said. “Residents have to go to the petrol stations outside the town which are all more expensive.
“The people who really need the supermarket are often young mothers with families who need to buy things cheaply and can’t do so anywhere in Shipston.
“There are also a lot of residents who’ve lived here all their lives and many on low incomes who support the supermarket.”
SNAS, which has so far held two public meetings and has launched a Facebook page recruiting 250 members in less than a fortnight, is backing a planning application for homes, a supermarket and a petrol station on land north of Campden Road.
The plans were submitted by developer ASL to Stratford-on-Avon District Council earlier this year.
So far the campaign has received strong backing from Jeff Kenner who stood as a Labour candidate for Shipston in the May elections.
“We’ve been without a petrol station since it was destroyed in flooding five years ago,” Mr Kenner said. “Residents have to go to the petrol stations outside the town which are all more expensive.
“The people who really need the supermarket are often young mothers with families who need to buy things cheaply and can’t do so anywhere in Shipston.
“There are also a lot of residents who’ve lived here all their lives and many on low incomes who support the supermarket.”