Doom Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I assume if Sheffield turn it down IKEA will have the right to appeal with a higher authority? Regards Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I assume if Sheffield turn it down IKEA will have the right to appeal with a higher authority? The Star link quotes; "Ian Nicholson, IKEA Sheffield project manager, said: “We are continuing to work with Sheffield Council to enable them to support our application.”" I'd expect that both sides have worked together to make sure the application is now acceptable to SCC. IKEA will have had to accept some changes to make sure that SCC approves the application. If it gets turned down again then something has gone seriously wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I assume if Sheffield turn it down IKEA will have the right to appeal with a higher authority? Regards Doom Yep, like NEXT and chances are that it will be passed with the seemingly obligatory egg on the face and costs to the council. After all they dont seem to learn anything do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The Star link quotes; "Ian Nicholson, IKEA Sheffield project manager, said: “We are continuing to work with Sheffield Council to enable them to support our application.”" I'd expect that both sides have worked together to make sure the application is now acceptable to SCC. IKEA will have had to accept some changes to make sure that SCC approves the application. If it gets turned down again then something has gone seriously wrong. Hopefully they can make this work for all parties. No doubt these decisions are incredibly complex and require an awful lot of documentation. I worked on the BSF Sheffield Schools and the amount of documentation they produced was phenomenal and I would imagine something like IKEA is far more complex. Regards Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/date-for-sheffield-ikea-decision-revealed-1-6615341 Thanks for that link. The article states John Lewis in Barker’s Pool claims it will draw trade away from the city centre Does anyone agree with this? From reading this thread, people just go to other branches of Ikea, and don't settle for trying to find products in the city centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks for that link. The article states Does anyone agree with this? From reading this thread, people just go to other branches of Ikea, and don't settle for trying to find products in the city centre. I'm not sure which city centre shop IKEA would be competing with... as you say if people want IKEA style products then they'll be going to Birstall or Ilkeston anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks for that link. The article states Does anyone agree with this? From reading this thread, people just go to other branches of Ikea, and don't settle for trying to find products in the city centre. It's a carefully worded PR statement to gain public support. What they really mean is "it will draw trade away from John Lewis". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookingfat50 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 this ikea saga keeps going on and on. the answer is that the government won't allow ikea to build anymore store's in the main land saying they are building to many stores, yet all the big retailers like Tesco's, Sainsbury's Morison's, all the retailers. besides that if you look at the land the market stood on it's far to small ikea needs a giant flat spot so they can display all there stock and ikea need loads of parking spaces some 2,000 at least just look at Nottingham they have thousands. I sent them an email saying what about the old Norton aerodrome that could easily fit the store with parking for hundreds of cars, another site would be the old Tesco's in chesterfield it's big enough with easy access and been empty for at least 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) the answer is that the government won't allow ikea to build anymore store's in the main land saying they are building to many stores Any evidence to show this? Plans for Ikea store in Exeter approved Posted: January 21, 2014 http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/BREAKING-Plans-Ikea-store-Exeter-approved/story-20467942-detail/story.html Regarding the traffic issue, I found this article about concerns for traffic for another new Ikea build: Ikea Greenwich: A flat-packed traffic nightmare to come? http://853blog.com/2013/11/03/ikea-greenwich-a-flat-packed-traffic-nightmare-to-come/ And plenty more if you Google "ikea traffic problems". Edited May 14, 2014 by alchresearch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryder8904 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 We like IKEA! Let them build! It seems we get a new supermarket or mini supermarket like aldi every month! We don't need supermarkets we need cheap furniture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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