Posted by: hugo, south side on 11:21am Mon 18 Aug 08
[quote]The planning application comes with a retail impact assessment which demonstrates there will be minimum impact on the city centre and Parkhead and little or no impact on other centres.[/quote]
How can this be, are they brand new shoppers who appear as if by magic. The people who will use this new facility already shop somewhere, so there will an impact in the shopping chain.
The usual arrogance by the Planning dept, we know best so to questioning us !!!!
The planning application comes with a retail impact assessment which demonstrates there will be minimum impact on the city centre and Parkhead and little or no impact on other centres.
How can this be, are they brand new shoppers who appear as if by magic. The people who will use this new facility already shop somewhere, so there will an impact in the shopping chain.
The usual arrogance by the Planning dept, we know best so to questioning us !!!!
Posted by: hugo, south side on 11:22am Mon 18 Aug 08
[quote]The planning application comes with a retail impact assessment which demonstrates there will be minimum impact on the city centre and Parkhead and little or no impact on other centres.[/quote]
How can this be, are they brand new shoppers who appear as if by magic. The people who will use this new facility already shop somewhere, so there will an impact in the shopping chain.
The usual arrogance by the Planning dept, we know best so to questioning us !!!!
The planning application comes with a retail impact assessment which demonstrates there will be minimum impact on the city centre and Parkhead and little or no impact on other centres.
How can this be, are they brand new shoppers who appear as if by magic. The people who will use this new facility already shop somewhere, so there will an impact in the shopping chain.
The usual arrogance by the Planning dept, we know best so to questioning us !!!!
Posted by: Heidthebaw, Glasgow on 11:41am Mon 18 Aug 08
After all the anti-car policies in the city centre, it's good to see out of town places expanding.
I have no sympathy for city centre retailers as they do little to dissuade the council from their car hostile plans.
The council has made it plain that cars are unwelcome, but I come as a package with my car and will go elsewhere.
Let them turn the city centre into a desert for all I care.
After all the anti-car policies in the city centre, it's good to see out of town places expanding.
I have no sympathy for city centre retailers as they do little to dissuade the council from their car hostile plans.
The council has made it plain that cars are unwelcome, but I come as a package with my car and will go elsewhere.
Let them turn the city centre into a desert for all I care.
Posted by: Brad on 12:04pm Mon 18 Aug 08
[quote]anti-car policies in the city centre[/quote]
You mean a five-lane motorway through the middle of town and huge multi-storey carparks??? Most people in Glasgow don't even have cars - the city centre should be developed in a way that best suits the majority.
anti-car policies in the city centre
You mean a five-lane motorway through the middle of town and huge multi-storey carparks??? Most people in Glasgow don't even have cars - the city centre should be developed in a way that best suits the majority.
Posted by: The Wise One, Glasgow on 1:29pm Mon 18 Aug 08
The Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto were the only people I know who wanted to go to the East End.
If you recall the theme tune it went.
To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump.
To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump.
The Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto were the only people I know who wanted to go to the East End.
If you recall the theme tune it went.
To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump.
To the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump.
Posted by: Stewie Griffin, Glasgow on 4:05pm Mon 18 Aug 08
The more shops at the Fort, the better IMHO.
John Lewis have to a bloody cheek. Who shops there anyway?
The more shops at the Fort, the better IMHO.
John Lewis have to a bloody cheek. Who shops there anyway?
Posted by: Brad on 9:43pm Mon 18 Aug 08
[quote]Who shops there anyway?[/quote]
Quite a lot of folk, I imagine. I think they have a policy of supporting town/city centres (are there any out-of-town Lewises?), so their comment isn't surprising.
Who shops there anyway?
Quite a lot of folk, I imagine. I think they have a policy of supporting town/city centres (are there any out-of-town Lewises?), so their comment isn't surprising.
Posted by: gazboi, Easterhosue and proud! on 12:18am Tue 19 Aug 08
Well tuff John Lewis.
I myself work at the Fort!! and expanding it and devloping it is a good idea.
Scared of competion r you????.
I plan to be a designer and when pass my degree would like have a Shop in my local area and in the city centre. As I do shop in both.
And to all you's west end snobs!!!
you's have a cheek saying dump dump dump!!
Why is it always yous [bold]shoppin shoppin shoppin[/bold] [italic]when I serve you's[/italic] !!!!
Well tuff John Lewis.
I myself work at the Fort!! and expanding it and devloping it is a good idea.
Scared of competion r you????.
I plan to be a designer and when pass my degree would like have a Shop in my local area and in the city centre. As I do shop in both.
And to all you's west end snobs!!!
you's have a cheek saying dump dump dump!!
Why is it always yous
shoppin shoppin shoppin when I serve you's !!!!
Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 12:45pm Tue 19 Aug 08
The west end is a figment of folks imagination,Its always been fake and aint all that.Full of students wearing the same clothes all lokk the same and holding down 2 jobs to make ends meet.Not any different from any other part of glasgow.Im not from east end ,But the people are freindlier and much more genuine.
The west end is a figment of folks imagination,Its always been fake and aint all that.Full of students wearing the same clothes all lokk the same and holding down 2 jobs to make ends meet.Not any different from any other part of glasgow.Im not from east end ,But the people are freindlier and much more genuine.
Posted by: calton lass, calton g40 on 12:55pm Tue 19 Aug 08
more shops sort the housing out first it goes from slums to developing shops crap crap and more crap
more shops sort the housing out first it goes from slums to developing shops crap crap and more crap
Posted by: PMFS, Scotland on 1:01pm Tue 19 Aug 08
John Lewis is 10 miles away and M&S and John Lewis do not compete with the same clientèle, so not sure why they are even bothering to complain. If you want to got to JLP then you will go to town, if you want free parking parking and easy access from the motorway then you will go to the Fort.
John Lewis is 10 miles away and M&S and John Lewis do not compete with the same clientèle, so not sure why they are even bothering to complain. If you want to got to JLP then you will go to town, if you want free parking parking and easy access from the motorway then you will go to the Fort.
Posted by: ebayaddict, glasvegas on 1:05pm Tue 19 Aug 08
i am from the west i like the fort & it beats silverburn.
[quote]west end snobs!!![/quote]
Its really the same anywhere in glasgow, i think its the media such as newspapers and the news that choose to put places like the eastend down, there is the same problem in any part of the city, crime, addicts, jobless etc.
i am from the west i like the fort & it beats silverburn.
west end snobs!!!
Its really the same anywhere in glasgow, i think its the media such as newspapers and the news that choose to put places like the eastend down, there is the same problem in any part of the city, crime, addicts, jobless etc.
Posted by: RapidAssistant, Glasgow on 2:57pm Tue 19 Aug 08
[quote][bold]jim[/bold] wrote:
The west end is a figment of folks imagination,Its always been fake and aint all that.Full of students wearing the same clothes all lokk the same and holding down 2 jobs to make ends meet.Not any different from any other part of glasgow.Im not from east end ,But the people are freindlier and much more genuine.[/quote] How can you say the West End is fake....the sky high property prices in comparison to the East End certainly aren't "fake". And if the area draws in the punters whether they be students, professionals or outside investors then what the heck?
I've got plenty of friends who have recently left college and have been priced out of the West End completely, and it's been this way for a good few years now.
jim wrote:
The west end is a figment of folks imagination,Its always been fake and aint all that.Full of students wearing the same clothes all lokk the same and holding down 2 jobs to make ends meet.Not any different from any other part of glasgow.Im not from east end ,But the people are freindlier and much more genuine.
How can you say the West End is fake....the sky high property prices in comparison to the East End certainly aren't "fake". And if the area draws in the punters whether they be students, professionals or outside investors then what the heck?
I've got plenty of friends who have recently left college and have been priced out of the West End completely, and it's been this way for a good few years now.
Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 4:53pm Tue 19 Aug 08
It looks very run down Byers road and Hyndland etc.Its burnt out .The Merchant City in The east end ,Not the extended part Queen st etc!Is much more upmarket than Anything the west end has on offer.
It looks very run down Byers road and Hyndland etc.Its burnt out .The Merchant City in The east end ,Not the extended part Queen st etc!Is much more upmarket than Anything the west end has on offer.
Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 4:54pm Tue 19 Aug 08
oh,End!
Posted by: azg on 8:54pm Tue 19 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Heidthebaw[/bold] wrote:
After all the anti-car policies in the city centre, it's good to see out of town places expanding.
I have no sympathy for city centre retailers as they do little to dissuade the council from their car hostile plans.
The council has made it plain that cars are unwelcome, but I come as a package with my car and will go elsewhere.
Let them turn the city centre into a desert for all I care.[/quote] When you say "desert", you might mean "safer for pedestrians".
Heidthebaw wrote:
After all the anti-car policies in the city centre, it's good to see out of town places expanding.
I have no sympathy for city centre retailers as they do little to dissuade the council from their car hostile plans.
The council has made it plain that cars are unwelcome, but I come as a package with my car and will go elsewhere.
Let them turn the city centre into a desert for all I care.
When you say "desert", you might mean "safer for pedestrians".
Posted by: gazboi, Easterhosue and proud! on 9:41pm Tue 19 Aug 08
And there is plenty of new houses getting built in Easterhouse anyway. everywere you turn theres another building site. Most press print pictures of empty bored up flats the reason they lie empty is because they are getting re-housed and are soon to come down. Its no run down areas!!. Even though am a east end boi. I like hearing news that the whole of glasgow is getting re-done. So you's people that protest against devlopments just don't want your little simple lifes getting changed in anyway shape or form.
bye for now!!!
And there is plenty of new houses getting built in Easterhouse anyway. everywere you turn theres another building site. Most press print pictures of empty bored up flats the reason they lie empty is because they are getting re-housed and are soon to come down. Its no run down areas!!. Even though am a east end boi. I like hearing news that the whole of glasgow is getting re-done. So you's people that protest against devlopments just don't want your little simple lifes getting changed in anyway shape or form.
bye for now!!!
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