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]]> Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:53:34 UTC 10867465 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8913135?utm_medium=rss Where will their customers come from? The north downs to one side (very few customers)and the sea on the other side (no customers at all) and a town of just 18000 people and 2 supermarkets already.They clearly haven't done their homework!

]]> Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:32:42 UTC 8913135 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8908681?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:19:13 UTC 8908681 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8465384?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:01:13 UTC 8465384 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8465337?utm_medium=rss Faversham has enough supermarkets already, another so far out of town has the potential to ruin this marvellous market town and its independent shops. Please go elsewhere Sainsburys.

]]> Wed, 8 Sep 2010 04:51:08 UTC 8465337 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8192879?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:15:18 UTC 8192879 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7540983?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 May 2010 02:01:24 UTC 7540983 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7532639?utm_medium=rss Faversham is served perfectly well by Tesco and Morrisons. We don't need another supermarket and its location will not benefit businesses in the town centre and will increase traffic in Bysing Wood. Faversham needs a Garden Centre NOT a Sainsburys. Improve and use what we already have available to us.

]]> Thu, 6 May 2010 02:53:48 UTC 7532639 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7527553?utm_medium=rss Two's enough!

]]> Wed, 5 May 2010 02:58:29 UTC 7527553 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7347168?utm_medium=rss Dont mess up faversham with another supermarket we already have 2 in the town!!!! please stop this from happening.

]]> Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:19:08 UTC 7347168 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7317041?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Apr 2010 02:47:13 UTC 7317041 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7312679?utm_medium=rss (1) I don't believe Faversham needs another large supermarket. We already have Tesco and Morrisons. We also enjoy the benefit of independent shops and regular markets in the town. (2) There are too many heavy lorries and buses driven through small streets in the town that were never designed for heavy vehicles - another large supermarket would create more heavy traffic + an increased volume of cars.

]]> Thu, 8 Apr 2010 07:08:21 UTC 7312679 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7285626?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Apr 2010 03:15:37 UTC 7285626 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7285577?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Apr 2010 03:05:10 UTC 7285577 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7285543?utm_medium=rss Say 'NO' to Sainsbury's and support our local businesses!

]]> Mon, 5 Apr 2010 02:55:39 UTC 7285543 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7271109?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:54:40 UTC 7271109 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7265841?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:25:27 UTC 7265841 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7255044?utm_medium=rss Faversham residents should be the ones who decide. We don't need another supermarket. It will destroy the town.

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:29:37 UTC 7255044 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7252651?utm_medium=rss Let the residents of Faversham decide the town's make-up. Don't let money be the deciding factor.

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:38:06 UTC 7252651 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7252625?utm_medium=rss Keep our town as we the people of Faversham want it and not as big businesses want it!

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:31:20 UTC 7252625 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7237274?utm_medium=rss Keep the town of kings a town of kings in the garden of england not a polllutuion in the garden of england.

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:57:17 UTC 7237274 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7216033?utm_medium=rss This will ruin our town centre as shops will close if people shop out of town and do not go into the town centre

]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:10:57 UTC 7216033 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7199171?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:31:32 UTC 7199171 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7199105?utm_medium=rss I have absolutely no doubt that such a development will seriously damage the businesses in Faversham Town Centre and will detract from Faversham's unique character.

]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:27:26 UTC 7199105 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7190639?utm_medium=rss Edge-of-town developments drain the life from town centres – why should Faversham be condemned to repeat the mistakes of countless other towns that have allowed such developments. Faversham town centre shops and the market have been thriving in recent years – the town already has two supermarkets and Tesco is expanding so the arrival of Sainsbury's will have an adverse impact on town centre trade. You only have to look at Sittingbourne to see a hight street reduced to a shadow of itself.

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:55:43 UTC 7190639 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7189155?utm_medium=rss Faversham doesn't need any more supermarkets. Keep Faversham special!

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:04:04 UTC 7189155 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7160381?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:30:10 UTC 7160381 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7158933?utm_medium=rss The beauty of Faversham is its community and part of that community is its local shops. We don't want Faversham to turn in to another Town with all the same shops. Keep Faversham unique!

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:24:40 UTC 7158933 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7151892?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:34:05 UTC 7151892 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7117315?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:08 UTC 7117315 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7115992?utm_medium=rss Another supermarket would suck life from town centre, causing further shop closure. I remember when Tesco opened its current store. Faversham was like a ghost town on that day. If Faversham is to retain its own special character then we must support our local independent traders.

]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:01:12 UTC 7115992 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7073478?utm_medium=rss Surely out-of-town supermarkets are a thing of the past. Do planners not learn by the mistakes of others? I have nothing against Sainsburys but it is the positioning.

]]> Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:12:20 UTC 7073478 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7065491?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:56:46 UTC 7065491 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7060818?utm_medium=rss Faversham as a market town has markets,farm shops,butchers ,grocers,stores and 2 supermarkets-plenty.If we have yet another large store the town s market status will be lost and shops will be emptied.Tourists come for its uniquness,Heavy lorries and more traffic and pollution will be the outcome.Yet again power and market manipulation are used to foist a store on us.

]]> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:13:31 UTC 7060818 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059106?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:50:42 UTC 7059106 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7059002?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:18:17 UTC 7059002 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7058602?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:59:55 UTC 7058602 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056086?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:27:07 UTC 7056086 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7055373?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:52:43 UTC 7055373 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7053630?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:55:44 UTC 7053630 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7051872?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:35:20 UTC 7051872 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048881?utm_medium=rss After an initial outburst of joy ( yeahh, Sainsbury's!) I have come to my senses and realized that another, third supermarket would totally kill off any existing and future shop- and trading life in "downtown" Faversham. Traders are struggling at it is, the town is suffering immensely from the recession and we cannot afford to have another supermarket take away the livelihood of our traders and the unique character of Faversham.
In the end, WE would all be the worse for it.

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:34:16 UTC 7048881 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048597?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:13:37 UTC 7048597 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7048502?utm_medium=rss Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:44:28 UTC 7048502 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7033635?utm_medium=rss QXDF

]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:17:19 UTC 7033635 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7033620?utm_medium=rss Faversham does not need three super markets. Bysing wood Road will be badly affected by the increased traffic, as undoubtedly people going to Sainsbury`s from the eastern side of the town will use it rather than risk the cameras on the A2 and the frequent hold ups on it.

]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:14:55 UTC 7033620 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7032409?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:41:26 UTC 7032409 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7028061?utm_medium=rss There is no need for another Supermarket in Faversham. The location will do nothing to attract shoppers into the town centre and will only increase traffic in Ospringe Street and Lower West Street/Napleton Road. Swale Council do not seem concerned with the future of Faversham.

]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:30:06 UTC 7028061 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7028026?utm_medium=rss No supermarket built on the edge of town brings trade in, it does the reverse. The Government recognise this and discourage new out of town stores. Why does Swale feel Faversham is immune to this threat?

]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:24:34 UTC 7028026 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7024379?utm_medium=rss Two supermarkets is definitely enough for Faversham. It would impact terribly on the peace and quiet of Oare and Davington

]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:05:52 UTC 7024379 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7019054?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:26:50 UTC 7019054 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7019050?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:25:33 UTC 7019050 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7019027?utm_medium=rss Faversham does not need three supermarkets. There are plenty of shops and supermarkets in and around the town to meet everyone`s needs. I thought the plot on Bysing Wood Road was originally going to be a DIY outlet. What happened to that idea?

]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:21:28 UTC 7019027 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7013032?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:02:21 UTC 7013032 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7007989?utm_medium=rss A new Sainsbury would create too much traffic and be detrimental to the small shops in the town centre, some of which are already struggling.

]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:51:38 UTC 7007989 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7007953?utm_medium=rss The addition of yet another main store will have a big impact on the market and town centre
Why do we need another store when we have 4 major supermarkets already in Morroisons ,Tesco Iceland and the Co Op

]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:45:40 UTC 7007953 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7007831?utm_medium=rss The proposed Sainsburys building would be overdevelopment in a town which is already adequately served by two major and two minor supermarkets and be detrimental to the character of the area.
At a time when small businesses are struggling to exist this will only add to the demise of the town centre. As a traditional MARKET TOWN the emphasis should be on supporting local enterprise and its ailing market centre rather than creating further superstores.

]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:25:00 UTC 7007831 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7007039?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:13:45 UTC 7007039 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7006521?utm_medium=rss we do not need a third supermarket. Faversham has been OK with ONE in the past !! It is a myth that it will create job as most check outs are automatic now. Jobs wiill belost from the town centre. Very concerned about the possible increase of traffic and children on the surrounding housing estates. The town center is and will continue to loose the small businesses for which visitors come and enjoy.

]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:51:47 UTC 7006521 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7006222?utm_medium=rss I support local businesses.Faversham is a unique place , the market and local shops admired by locals and visitors. Planning should support this and any more large supermarkets would be a disaster

]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:17:39 UTC 7006222 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7004321?utm_medium=rss Faversham has Morrison and Tesco, with Tesco set to expand, as well as two Macknade stores and numerous other food shops and a unique central market. There is no proven or demonstrated NEED for another store, desirable as such an outlet may seem. Worse, it is not itself desirable at all. It places desirable features of Faversham in jeopardy. Think about it.

]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:19:51 UTC 7004321 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7002967?utm_medium=rss I am concerned as I do not think Faversham needs a third supermarket, and that building on this site on the edge of the countryside may lead to further development.

]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:36:08 UTC 7002967 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7002859?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:09:25 UTC 7002859 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7002629?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:29:37 UTC 7002629 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7002048?utm_medium=rss we have already 2 supermarkets, we don't need another one. there's a sainsbury already in canterbury. we love the local shops and almost every day one is closing down.

]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:34:45 UTC 7002048 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6992851?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:24:46 UTC 6992851 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6992180?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:33:48 UTC 6992180 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6991969?utm_medium=rss Faversham is a lovely place to live, full of independant shops and a real sense of commumity that this generates. Building additional out of town supermarkets threatens this unique character and sense community and ultimately the wealth and growth of Faversham. A major factor in my decision to buy a house in Faversham was its characterful, unique town center. A real oppertunity exists for Faversham to capitalise on it's heritage, rather than threatening its future with short-termism.

]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:15:18 UTC 6991969 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6991895?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:44:00 UTC 6991895 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6989756?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:43:16 UTC 6989756 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6985899?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:41:31 UTC 6985899 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6985873?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:25:42 UTC 6985873 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6985706?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:07:57 UTC 6985706 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6985659?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:38:30 UTC 6985659 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6985546?utm_medium=rss Having a supermarket at Bysingwood would increase trafic through Ospringe Street which is already a nightmare for residents and the two remaining business's. It will also take trade and footfall away from the town centre which will have a detrimently affect to the already strugling shops in the town.

]]> Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:25:25 UTC 6985546 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6984364?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:13:45 UTC 6984364 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6983858?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:50:07 UTC 6983858 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6983653?utm_medium=rss There is already a huge amount of traffic using the A2; gridlock is becoming a reality. It is a problem crossing the road at certain times of the day, particularly near the car park south of the A2 in Ospringe. How can a third supermarket possibly help alleviate this problem?

]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:56:33 UTC 6983653 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6977744?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:15:06 UTC 6977744 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6976587?utm_medium=rss Traffic has been rising steadily over the past 10 years making it ever more difficult for children to play and move around freely. We are already well served with supermarkets and specialised shops. The supermarket adds little, but will cost the entire town a lot.

]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:00:38 UTC 6976587 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6973380?utm_medium=rss Faversham does NOT need 3 supermarkets, and 2 small ones.

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:17:42 UTC 6973380 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6972921?utm_medium=rss Proposed supermarket would increase traffic through the town. Of particular concern are HGVs. Many drivers make use of SatNav consequently 44 ton vehicles use the town as a through route to motorway. This results in broken underground pipes, broken paving, flattened speed bumps, increased carbon emissions, shaking foundations of 450 plus year old properties. This town is proud of its medieval construction, which is used as visitor attraction but could be endangered by further heavy traffic.

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:57:59 UTC 6972921 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6971877?utm_medium=rss I strongly object to another supermarket in Faversham as I have seen what 'drive to' shopping has done to America where I grew up. Faversham is great because it has a town centre.

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:46:45 UTC 6971877 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6971396?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:46:37 UTC 6971396 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6971167?utm_medium=rss We need fewer supermarkets not more if we are to be a healthy resilient community in the future.

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:41:35 UTC 6971167 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6955690?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:32:59 UTC 6955690 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6950639?utm_medium=rss The council and the Faversham Enterprise folk seem toothless against these big corporate stores,people need to stand up to company's who try and bully their into our town. These stores stop at nothing to wipe out competition,however small. Just look at all the retail units in town that are closed (or closing). The campaign to keep Faversham special as my 100% support. I do not want to see Faversham become known as the SUPERMarket town of kings

]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 05:21:57 UTC 6950639 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6948203?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:43:04 UTC 6948203 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6937640?utm_medium=rss To grant planning permission a need has to be demonstrated , if there is opposition, which there is indeed. No need can be demonstrated. Therefore the council is on perfectly safe legal ground to refuse permission. For too long councils have taken the word of the applicant that there is need. Any moron can see that there isn't one.(For the people of our town that is ) although I'm sure there are other interests that have no interest in our desire to keep Faversham the unique place that it is.

]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2010 06:50:49 UTC 6937640 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6934042?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Feb 2010 05:35:26 UTC 6934042 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6933699?utm_medium=rss Faversham is a delightful small market town and already served by an adequate sized Sainsburys and does not need another super store

]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2010 03:41:07 UTC 6933699 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6930831?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Feb 2010 03:03:39 UTC 6930831 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6929177?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:24:11 UTC 6929177 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6928665?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Feb 2010 07:34:13 UTC 6928665 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6927624?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:05:41 UTC 6927624 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922656?utm_medium=rss Sainsbury have badly underestimated the number of shoppers who use Morrisons. Apart from Tesco and Morrisons there are also two other food supermarkets in town - Iceland and Co-op, both of whom do considerable business and all are in the central part of town. An out-of-town large supermarket will have adverse effects on town centre trade and will be unsustainable due to heavy traffic. This application must be rejected.

]]> Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:44:56 UTC 6922656 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922624?utm_medium=rss The Council officers claim that, even taking into account the Tesco expansion, these supermarket developments will hardly affect Faversham town centre. It is simply impossible to believe that the nearly doubling of the supermarket capacity of the town will not have a large affect on small traders in the town. In reality jobs will go from independent traders to multi-nationals.

]]> Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:34:03 UTC 6922624 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6914391?utm_medium=rss How on earth would you get to it! Either by leaving the town and driving along the A2 or driving through small streets on the west side of town, passing Morrisons in order to get there. Badly thought out location that is not needed for the town

]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:19:15 UTC 6914391 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6910598?utm_medium=rss We think a first-class ice rink would be a much better idea!

]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:20:21 UTC 6910598 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6910339?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:04:46 UTC 6910339