Scotch Corner
WITH reference to your headline “Garden centre approved despite traders’ concern” (D&S Times, July 2) expressing dismay at the potential impact commercial development will have on surrounding businesses, I can sympathise with the views of scores of people expressing their concerns.
I noted that the developer has already planned to open a designer outlet in 2023 running in tandem with the latest application for a garden centre.
Having lived in north Buckinghamshire, I noted with interest what was going on in Bicester where a designer outlet was built. It attracted hundreds of Chinese tourists visiting London. Coachloads were driven north up the M40 motorway to inspect the goods on sale – ironically much of it produced in their own country.