Tuesday, 26 February 2013

MP Spelman requests Sainsbury's meeting

“FED up” Meriden MP Caroline Spelman has requested a meeting with Sainsbury’s over its stalled plan for a new superstore in Dorridge.

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The Conservative MP also said the firm also has a “moral obligation” to begin work to extend The Dorridge Practice promised as part of the Forest Court scheme.

Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King last week said the plan – which got planning permission in November 2011 – will not start “in the year ahead” because of poor economic conditions.

In a statement, Mrs Spelman said: “I am just as fed up as other Dorridge residents that Sainsbury’s regeneration of Forest Court is languishing in this way, leaving an eyesore for the village and a target for vandalism.

“I have written to the supermarket chain urging it to get on with the job they promised to do and seeking an urgent meeting with the chief executive.

“Dorridge residents reasonably expect Sainsbury’s to honour a moral obligation to provide the Dorridge Practice that formed part of their successful planning application.”