£20m 'Morrisons' supermarket gets go-ahead - but Cottingham traders say it signals 'death knell'

“is this cottingham or is this the twilight zone ?”

“I am intrigued to note that the well known North Cave Councillor and chairwoman of the Planning Committee, Phyllis Pollard states "I look for applications that support economic growth" without even beginning to realise a very large percentage of products sold by retailers such as Morrisons are imported in to this country. Nor does she realise that retailers tend to pay very low wages and keep people on low hours because by doing so they do not have to pay employers National Insurance contributions. As this is the same Councillor Pollard who voted in favour of building 700 houses on land that is currently rated a Zone 3 flood risk (the highest Environment Agency rating) in Brough, I would suggest few people can take seriously anything she says. Lastly, I can see the dead hand of the Head of Planning and Regeneration behind this approval so we can reasonably surmise that, yet again, Councillor Pollard has done as she was told.”

“I think its absolutely brilliant! The shops in Cottingham are expensive and have hardly any choice. The parking in Cottingham is ridiculous. I spend more time driving around in a circle looking for a space than I do shopping. I would love an Asda too while the planners are at it! The residents of Cottingham, like Beverley-ites, need to get a grip, move into this Century & STOP moaning about everything! It's hardly Buckingham Palace they're building on is it! - It's only Cottingham FGS!”

“wait till tescos applies to build a super store on cottingham park..”

“every little helps!”

“The co-op was originaly formed to stop the poor and working class of britain from been ripped off by unscrupulous business owners as is going to be the case soon when the supermarkets wipe out any shred of competition. Then you will all see price rises, price fixing and all the other joyfull things that come with corporate business and shareholders. I long for the day of an NFP not for profit organisation to come into the market to wipe out all the big players.”

“@qualitychap: "cottingham has to move on and modernise,a lot of the old type pubs are closing"

That's not true. No pubs in Cott have closed AFAIK, and the Railway has been seriously renovated and revitalised by Maggie (ex-landlady of the Billy) into a fine real ale and occasional music pub. "Move on" is just a pointless Blairite term which means zip, as does "modernise" - do you think the village is stuck in some traditional timewarp, like a fly in aspic? Considering the national and local economic state, Cott's not doing badly, though there are perhaps a few too many cafes and charity shops for comfort. Morrison's will drain a lot of shoppers from Cott centre.

Yes, the location is run-down but there are better things that could have been done with it other than building yet another supermarket, of which there are plenty in the area (co-op, Sainsbury's, Morrisons on the A164, Waitrose at Willerby, Tesco's at Inglemire).”

“Free parking at the new Morrisons and brand new parking charges to be introduced by the council for the rest of the villages shops...............err............I like it as a policy........for clearance of shops prior to allocating those premises to something as yet to be thought about!!! - nice.”

“excellent news cottingham moving forward at long last,a new Costa coffee has also settled in nicely,it will make good use of a central rundown area next to the train station,infact it will probably increase property prices near it.
the old empty Halifax building society,near the new costa coffee would also make an excellent modern wine,cafe bar,similar to lounge on prinny ave,because i bet the revamp of tiger,will be a cheap lick of paint and a new rovers return patterned carpet.
cottingham has to move on and modernise,a lot of the old type pubs are closing,places like prinny ave and newland are doing well,because there cafe bars are modern,with a more european theme and experience.
also local people banging on about traffic in cottingham,its always busy,particularly at rush hour,wake up people and look at the big picture,cottingham needs a bypass,west bulls over the rail line up to the old de la pole,i should be a consultant and be charging Mr parnaby for this advice,lol.”

“Bad news.”