Plans for Greggs and Starbucks drive-throughs near a school and motorway junction in Derbyshire have been rejected by councillors following objections from residents, local councils, and the head teacher of a nearby school.
A passionate plea from a Derbyshire head teacher has seen plans for a drive-through Greggs and Starbucks close to a school and a motorway junction rejected. At an Erewash Borough Council meeting last night councillors rejected plans for Greggs bakery and Starbucks coffee shop drive-throughs off Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, close to the M1/A52 Sandiacre Interchange and Friesland School.
“There is the significant prospect of hundreds of students heading down the road to Greggs and for the parents to go to Starbucks on the school run. We already have significant parking issues and I can’t control where the parents park, even though we encourage parents not to drive. Tara Brassil, who lives in Risley, said the reasoning of the Government inspector who rejected an appeal for a McDonald’s on the same site in 2015 is still sound. She said: “Nothing has changed except that the traffic is even worse and now we have declared a climate emergency.
“We are facing an absurd situation where the developer thinks that when one drive-through was rejected that two will be the solution.” He said the site would be better used for housing so that there was a direct community benefit. Steve Birkinshaw, the council’s head of planning, said he was “embarrassed” that Cllr Bilbie would say such a thing. Cllr Lynne Evans, a member of Stanton by Dale Parish Council, said she was frequently collecting fast food litter such as Costa coffee cups and McDonald’s bags up to seven miles from the relevant chain restaurants.
Cllr Tim Scott said: “This is ripe for developing but not this one. This is not for residents but to capture people who would not normally come off the motorway here. Sausage rolls attract kids and we can’t put Friesland kids in danger.”
Drive-Through Greggs Starbucks School Traffic Planning Rejection
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