Have your say on IKEA plans
Published 22 Mar 2012 16:47
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PLANS for a multi million pound IKEA superstore in Calcot will be back into the spotlight next month.
Neighbours can meet Reading West MP Alok Sharma and representatives from the Swedish retailer, which is famous for its flat-pack furniture, to discuss the proposal to replace derelict buildings at Pincents Lane Retail Park with the £10m development.
They will get the opportunity to see the finalised plans, ask questions and raise any concerns with the developers from 7-9pm at the Beansheaf Centre in Charrington Road, Calcot, on Monday, April 2.
West Berkshire Council is expected to decide the fate of the scheme during a meeting of its Eastern Area Planning Committee at Theale Green Community School at 6.30pm on Wednesday, April 4.
Mr Sharma said: "Many of my constituents are keen on the jobs IKEA will create locally, but many also have concerns about potential traffic congestion issues.
"This meeting will be an excellent opportunity, ahead of the meeting of the Eastern Area Planning Committee on April 4, which will consider IKEA's application, for local residents to understand IKEA's proposals fully and to ask any queries they have relating to traffic issues and any other matters."
The development will cover four hectares with the store sitting to the north of Pincents Lane, opposite a 1,287-space car park and areas for buses and coaches. The two areas will be linked by an overhead walkway.
The plans, submitted in February last year, won the support of Reading Borough Council in June but West Berkshire has the final say and, amid complaints by hundreds of neighbours about the size of the store and increased traffic on an already congested route, has yet to decide.
This article appeared in Reading Chronicle 22 Mar 12
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Cakes
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Mar 23, 10:06
Report commentMr Sharma said: "Many of my constituents are keen on the jobs IKEA will create locally, but many also have concerns about potential traffic congestion issues."
Don't let Tony Page in on the act and jobs a good 'un...
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Alan
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Mar 23, 12:22
Report commentMove the boundary. All that area should be in Reading anyway.Then build the IKEA store as fast as possible.
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oldshepherd
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Mar 23, 12:35
Report commentJust what customers want - great store, innovation and values --- and jobs.
Who in their right minds would want to stop this?
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Calcot Resident
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Mar 26, 10:21
Report commentAnyone that lives in the local area with a car or uses the M4 junc 12! Thats who...
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Anton Virane
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Mar 28, 16:08
Report comment"Who in their right minds would want to stop this?".
Only the workshy and selfish residents it would appear Shep. Which go hand in hand in Calcot it would appear. Smirk.
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frownie
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Mar 29, 16:50
Report commentSo...
Jobs being created - check
The regeneration of a run down area - check
The potential for more bus links to Reading town center esp via Tilehurst - check
Ah but the NIMBY's are out in force.
This is fantastic for Reading.
To all the people who oppose to this, what would you want there instead?
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Jaydo
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Apr 4, 22:43
Report commentI live in the area, and I use junction 12 everyday and I for one Cannot wait for this store!! It'll be the best thing to happen to that area since savacentre (which you all opposed at first but your happy enough with it now!)
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