Public Meeting

Hi, so that we don't duplicate - so far we have delivered to:

Battle Road as far as the Blackman Avenue traffic lights
Silverlands
Duke Road, Terrace, Mews & Street
Windsor Rd
Stevenson Rd

shops to display are:

Hollington News
Costcutter, Battle Road
Hollington Library
Silverhill butchers
Silverhill Models
Guitar School, arches, Battle Road

The surgery in Sedlescombe Road South won't because "we have to stay impartial"

posties and paperpersons have my sympathy!

Will do lots more tomorrow

hi carolnjohn have looked at plans for foot path leading up to traffic lights from battle road and it looks like they will widen it as for no 6 silverlands road its because i have the only drive way leading on to battle road but have no idea wot its about nobody has been in touch with me about it so any light would be much apreciated

Hi, which number are you. Earlier this afternoon John spoke to number 6, who said Asda's proposal is to put an electronic lowering post thing to drive his car in and out, and this will adjust the traffic light sequencing. Again Asda has not thought to consult with the people at number 6. This scheme is really ludicrous with all the traffic now at this point of the junction let alone when there are extra lanes etc. Hope this helps - all hearsay, please let us know what happens next.

Hi I am at number 12, I have had no special information on what ASDA are proposing at my backyard.
Not only increased lanes but the bus stop is within the ASDA compound thus the crazy idea of link shopping is made even harder for those who wish to use the local shops.
Notice the two sets of pedrestrian crossings are set after the access into ASDA from the north, thus whilst encouraging people to walk from the traffic jamming bus stop in Battle road, the pedrestrians will use the crossings of which will limit through traffic but not inhibit cars entering ASDA, talk about community spirit the whole design is greared for good entry, take your money and don;t care about through traffic or how you get out of the congested junction.

hi re number 6
yes spoke to john early when i looked at planes it shows that a bus stop is next to the bank on battle road the crossings are just above my drive way as i said before nobody from asda has consulted me about this thing by my drive way but shows up on each map u look at may be when its all built they might come knocking on people's doors and then tell them wot's happing
if the things out side my drive will do the traffic lights as well, we can have party at mine and then keep pushing the button all day long

Paynton Road & HQ

Paynton Road
Perth Road
Oban Road
Beaufort Road
York Road
Chatham Road
Strood Road

Any more to cross off my list?

Crikey. You have been busy.

We've done Springfield Road, St. Matthews Gardens, St. Matthews Road, St. Matthews Drive, part of London Road, and I'm doing Sedlescombe Road South.

Hi, this morning I did all the Everslys and Beaufort crescent, then I ran out of time & leaflets. I haven't done Vale & Alma - hope whoever said they will do this is able, if not I will try tomorrow, but have to go out. Didn't go too far afield in case I encountered any slumbering say yes to asda brigade who might cause trouble tomorrow.

I'll do Vale and Alma tomorrow afternoon.

I've got some leaflets left, but no time. So if anyone wants them... let me know. :-)

I have read all of your replys in nregards to the opening of an Asda superstore in Silverhill, one question i would like to put is where do all you guys do your shopping, Tesco, Ravenside or the huge monstrosity that they are about to open in Hollington, but it doesnt really matter where or who you do your shopping with the fact is that although we have sometimes 2 and 3 branches of superstores within a few miles of each other at the moment in the Hastings,Bexhill,St leonards area, we do NOT have an Asda and there are many many people from this area including myself that have to go all the way to Eastbourne to shop at Asda, People in Siverhill will benifit overall from the employment and Knock-on benifits that Asda will bring to the local area, and i will say this about Asda they are the ONLY large superstore that go out of their way to assist and help the elderly and especialy Disabled drivers/shoppers and thats a Fact !! I live in Bexhill Road and sandwiched in between the Superstores and i would say that Bexhill Road is probably, if not, the busiest main Road in the Area.
So before you lot start screaming the usual nonsense like **well yes we need an Asda but not near me build it somewhere else** have some consideration for the many hundreds of local people that have to travel many miles to do our/their preferred shopping.

**this is much the same argument as when the Bypass was being decided, the biggest objectors where the people that lived in the big flash houses and didnt want the Bypass going anywhere near their property but were more than happy to let the people of Bexhill Road continue to suffer from the effects caused by THEIR car fumes and vehicles going back and forth to Tesco, and the other shops at Ravenside Retail Park * Bexhill Road has one of if not the highest rate of Chest infections and Cancer related illnesses in the whole East Sussex Area *

Hi, I think the last time I went to an Asda was over 5 years ago at Eastbourne to get a cheap TV for the bedroom. I have never been to Morrisons, went to the old Tescos maybe 5 years ago, couldn't find where things were and came out again. I confess I did go to Sainsburys 6 weeks ago but I do try to only go once in 3 months or so. I live on a pension and it is only because the Coop at Silverhill doesn't stock a few items that we like - bread making flour, more fruit flavours of yoghurt, some herbs/spices. Even so I now find Sainsburys has stopped doing Hovis flour and my favourite herbs. I have an allotment and keep hens, and cook from scratch. Apart from these odd things that we could really do without, the shops at Silverhill have everything we need - Stricklands even have chicken food. When I was working a few months ago, it was just the same. I would much rather pop over the road for my shopping than trudge round a large supermarket once a week. I have too much other stuff to do! Try it, you might be pleasantly surprised.

yep, I used to do all my shopping at supermarkets. I used to think it was more convenient, quicker and cheaper. Now, I do almost all of my shopping in small local shops. The fruit and vege from the greengrocer and the meat from the butchers taste so much better. My in-laws (he used to be a chef!),who shop in supermarkets, comment on how tasty the vegetables are. Instead of doing one weekly shop at the supermarket, which used to take me 2 hours or more for a family of four, I now nip out four times a week for half an hour. Same time spent, but all our food is always fresh and tasty and no more expensive either. I also throw less food away because I can plan our meals better. Incidentally, you don't have to go to ASDA for good service - Stricklands are very helpful indeed, they even deliver to those who are unable to carry a heavy bag.

I'm with you on this. I love our local shops and use them all the time. I use a supermarket every couple of months for the odds bits that as you say aren't stocked. Otherwise I get a box of local veg with fruit delivered to my door every week and buy the rest as and when I need it from a variety of small stores. I really like the fact that you can build up a relationship with the staff that work in small shops and this is one of the important ingredients that superstores don't have. I've always found the co-op to be really helpful with regards to assisting disabled people and the elderly. ASDA are the anti-christ as far as I'm concerned, for lots and lots of reasons to do with their reputation as an employer, a retailer; all the research I've done bears this out(based on factual evidence and not opinion).

In reply to Stormyseal's comments about being anti-ASDA. I am not Anti-ASDA as a supermarket in general, I live in silverhill and will be living right on its doorstep what I Am anti is there proposed plans on how they want to implement it, with regards to the traffic plans and how they wont actually meet the needs of the area with the number of extra cars going through Silverhill the car park will hold 300 cars for the store/medical centre but when they submitted an application for a store (only marginally bigger) at the bottom of filsham road they had 600 spaces and this was without a medical centre , The Staff parking arrangements (they cannot park in the store so will be parking in surrounding streets and cause local residents parking problems on top of the current ones) the stupid placement of the bus stops that will cause traffic back ups and mean people with shopping will have to walk a long way cross anything for 5 to 8 lanes of traffic (causing even more traffic delays) before they get to a bus stop, the inadequate cycle routes only providing ones in the sore grounds (they say that 29500 people could cycle to the store but are supplying 4 racks to lock your bike up). The placement of the store in the site is at the rear so pedestrians have to cross the car park, deal with traffic to get to the store. In general the layout does not promote anything other than driving to the store! The fact that some local residents will have to cross 8 lanes off traffic to get to the store and the medical centre/pharmacy. Lloyds will more from its present location in silverhill into the medical centre creating a large vacant premise. This is before the affects it will have on the on the rest of the local shops If it gets the go-ahead.

If the Town has to have an ASDA then there are much better plans that could be developed for this location. But a more sensible location I feel would be the Ore side of town due to they have no supermarkets and so would give a more even distribution, and split traffic flows in opposite directions rather than all converging in one area (Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Asda would all be with 1 mile of each other…)

I am interested in there plans/or lack of for the large delivery lorries which will have to come through residential areas to get to the store, during the day/night. As I understand it the route Tesco use’s is A21 onto the ridge, down Queensway to there store so avoiding residential streets.