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some welcomed additions to wexford shops!

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    #602
    McLoughlin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭McLoughlin


    oldyouth wrote: »
    Traders objecting to an attractive business locating in a town that is commercially dying!!!

    I give up.........

    There not objecting to the business opening but its location outside the main street area it would serve wexford town better if business were to open on the main street area rather than elsewhere. Look at what happened when Tesco left the main street the south main street suffered badly various business closed and jobs were lost.


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    #603
    druss
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    muirsheen wrote: »
    wont open!

    Found the same. But if you go in

    http://planning.wexford.ie/ accept the tems and conditions and search by "stonebridge", you'll find it.


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    #604
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    McLoughlin wrote: »
    There not objecting to the business opening but its location outside the main street area it would serve wexford town better if business were to open on the main street area rather than elsewhere. Look at what happened when Tesco left the main street the south main street suffered badly various business closed and jobs were lost.

    Town is Town. There's not enough people coming in anywhere at the moment, so anything that brings additional shoppers that would normally avoid the town has to be welcomed.

    So where exactly is the Main Street area? If you put it in the North end, the South end will suffer and vice versa. Are the people of Wexford so fickle or lazy that they will only shop from The Bull Ring to Henrietta Street? If a successful retailer has identified a retail zoned unit where it thinks it can do most business, I don't see the problem.

    I wouldn't be surprised if all this hassle led to TK Maxx relocating to another town and who could blame them


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    #605
    vicwatson
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    druss wrote: »
    Found the same. But if you go in

    http://planning.wexford.ie/ accept the tems and conditions and search by "stonebridge", you'll find it.
    muirsheen wrote: »
    wont open!


    Or type in 2014012 or Streamline Properties Ltd(In Receivership) after accepting T&C and then go to "Submission Letters" about half way down and click on Document number 1056993 (01/04/2014) and you can read the submission letter there.


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    #606
    druss
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    Also the objection refers to the development starting in 2002 and states it wouldn't get planning now because of the recession. But the point is that it was developed primarily as housing and is now an abandoned white elephant in a getting increasingly derelict part of town.

    In fact, see here complaints from 2012 about the lack of development in that area!

    http://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexfordpeople/news/welcome-to-wexford-towns-wilderness-27717355.html

    Actually that article trails off with the Stonebridge owner (at that time) complaining about the ammount of smashed windows. Is this more common in Wexford than other places? It feels so at times.

    This morning I passed the Bike shop and someone had caved in two windows. Absolute scum.:mad:


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    #607
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    oldyouth wrote: »
    I wouldn't be surprised if all this hassle led to TK Maxx relocating to another town and who could blame them

    Thats exactly what happened with Marks and Spencer in Tralee. They wanted to open in an edge of town retail park but the Town Council refused permission as did Bord Pleanala so they went to Killarney's "out of town" retail park instead. Tralee's loss was Killarney's gain. I could see some merits as the Tralee location about 2-3kms from the town centre where like I said in the earlier post, Paul Quay, while not around the Main Street is still central enough that shoppers could still shop there and on the Main Street in one outing.

    Plus, TK Maxx typically want 30000 square foot or more premises - are they those types of large units available on Main Street?


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    #608
    Shane07
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Shane07


    Wexford town centre doesnt have the large units available that these stores require so this site is the only suitable one.Tk Maxx relocated their Waterford store over a planning issue from the Butlerstown Retail park into the Railway Square development and even though that area is not in the core shopping area it has made that area around it vibrant and busy and it will do the same with this site, if it goes ahead.Wexford needs these stores or else its gonna get left behind retail wise!


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    #609
    the kelt
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    McLoughlin wrote: »
    There not objecting to the business opening but its location outside the main street area it would serve wexford town better if business were to open on the main street area rather than elsewhere. Look at what happened when Tesco left the main street the south main street suffered badly various business closed and jobs were lost.

    Which makes the objection even more stupid as the opening of TK Max would actually drag shoppers back down towards this area and this part of the town.


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    #610
    Ted_YNWA
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    the kelt wrote: »
    Which makes the objection even more stupid as the opening of TK Max would actually drag shoppers back down towards this area and this part of the town.

    Hopefully the powers that be will see sense & realise that Paul Quay is not an out of town location & even with my bad hand is a stones throw from Main Street.


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    #611
    vicwatson
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    What a waste of time though. This guy has prolonged investment in Wexford town. Was he not the guy that was on RTE and could get 10,000 dildos if required?? Ha!


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    #612
    RadioRetro
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    ISTR that one of the long-closed shops across the road from Hayes bike/fishing shop was acquired by the developers of Paul Quay to provide Main Street access for the then-intended anchor tenant.


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    #613
    vicwatson
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    New restaurant opened across from Commodore Barry statue - the aptly named "The Crescent View Restaurant"

    https://www.facebook.com/crescentviewrestaurant

    Can't find website, maybe someone on facebook can ask them to put their menus up


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    #614
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Looks very like a coffee shop. Anyone know if it is a night time restaurant and what type of cuisine they do?


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    #615
    Corvo
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    oldyouth wrote: »
    Looks very like a coffee shop. Anyone know if it is a night time restaurant and what type of cuisine they do?

    I heard seafood, but can't confirm.

    Seafood resteraunt would be very welcome indeed


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    #616
    McLoughlin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭McLoughlin


    Its open to 9 during the week but regards what it serves I haven't been there but all the best to them given that 2 restaurants on the quay just closed due to lack of business.


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    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Corvo wrote: »
    I heard seafood, but can't confirm.

    Seafood resteraunt would be very welcome indeed

    It would want to be a specialist restaurant alright to draw people there


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    #618
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    oldyouth wrote: »
    Looks very like a coffee shop. Anyone know if it is a night time restaurant and what type of cuisine they do?


    From their facebook page that I linked

    "Good afternoon everyone,

    All going well we will open for business on Wednesday next 14th May!!

    We will open Wednesday from 10am - 4pm, normal opening hours will be 8am - 9pm Monday - Saturday & 9am - 5pm Sunday.

    Full breakfast menu available also extensive lunch menu & evening Early Bird Menu.

    We will post our menus over the next few days.

    We will also have a selection of fresh home made scones, pastries & desserts available.

    We look forward to meeting all our new customers & are excited for our grand opening!!"

    Taking up the slack from The Potato Market too I imagine - are they still shut for "renovations" ?


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    #619
    McLoughlin
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    Potato Market is gone for good (again happened beore when it was a market) the place has been stripped of everything.


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    #620
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    McLoughlin wrote: »
    Potato Market is gone for good (again happened beore when it was a market) the place has been stripped of everything.

    Hard to believe but that new restaurant is actually the guy that just shut the potato market or so I heard, some neck opening up a few doors away.


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    #621
    McLoughlin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭McLoughlin


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Hard to believe but that new restaurant is actually the guy that just shut the potato market or so I heard, some neck opening up a few doors away.

    Same fixtures and fittings aswell I don't know what the story is but surely closing one place moving down the road opening same business under differant name is a bit odd.


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    #622
    vicwatson
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    New place on the Quay right next to Kehoe auctioneers(?) - cream dreams, dream creams or something like that, a, n. Other cafe etc, looks nicely decorated. Good luck to them.


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    #623
    vicwatson
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    McLoughlin wrote: »
    Same fixtures and fittings aswell I don't know what the story is but surely closing one place moving down the road opening same business under differant name is a bit odd.

    Seen no one in the place the couple times ive passed.


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    #624
    heathersonline
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    Any news on the objection against TK Maxx? I think a decision was due this week?


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    #625
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Finally approved according to Twitter reports. Hopefully that is an end to the embarrassment.


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    #626
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    I can see merit in objections to out of town superstores that will zap trade in traditional town centres but the situating of a major retailer like TK Maxx in a location that is a couple of minutes walk from South Main Street makes such anobjection redundant. If anything, such a big draw could create a new lease of life in the side streets and lanes in and around the new TK Maxx location due to increased pedestrian footfall etc and other new smaller retailers/cafes etc opening there.


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    #627
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Newstalk's Winning Back The High Street is live from Whites Hotel on Saturday.


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    #628
    RadioRetro
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    Workers beavering about in and around the TK Maxx building. A partition's been built separating the left end of the main shop from the rest (probably for sub-letting to another retailer) and repairs to the outside and inside of the building are ongoing.


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    #629
    linny
    Registered Users Posts: 572 ✭✭✭linny


    RadioRetro wrote: »
    workers beavering about in and around the TK Maxx building. A partition's been built separating the left end of the main shop from the rest (probably for sub-letting to another retailer) and repairs to the outside and inside of the building are ongoing.


    Looking forward to tk maxx in wexford as do be do there few times a year shopping, see there looking for staff also
    https://career8.successfactors.com/career?career%5fns=job%5flisting&company=TJX&navBarLevel=JOB%5fSEARCH&rcm%5fsite%5flocale=en%5fGB&site=VjItSVk0WmMxVFduNTNLSFF0TmpDRmptUT09&career_job_req_id=80846&selected_lang=en_GB&jobAlertController_jobAlertId=&jobAlertController_jobAlertName=&_s.crb=RCMlEkqBTClqs%2bPmYqVG0BoUd1M%3d


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    #630
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    TK Maxx flying along by the looks of it at the weekend


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    #631
    RadioRetro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭RadioRetro


    Three new hardressers opened on South Main Street within the past month (far end of the street next to the Emerald Garden, on the corner of Allen/SM Streets - was Turkish Barber - and in the former White's Electrical), the latter two just a couple of days and about fifty metres apart.

    A long-shut shop opposite Hayes bicycle shop (it's window has a photo of the Credit Union building plastered on it) is being renovated to come alive as a business again.


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