Sainsbury's Local opening on the 18th December near the plough

[LordLane]

Just to keep you all informed, the empty shops just along from the Plough Pub (357-361 Lordship Lane). That have been empty for a large period of time will become a New Sainsburys local store. If anyone has any questions about the site then post them on here or PM me and i will try to help.

[Ko]

how did you find this out? there have been various rumours in the past, so am just wiondering if this is for definite? many thanks

[iaineasy]

nooooooooooooooooooooo not another chain store on the high street!!! lordship lane will lose all the character if this keepsup.b

[AndieLandell]

Gawd!! Here we go again. Don't you think that if one of the chains was proposing a store on this site that it would have been opened years ago? The whole sight appears to be a speculative piece of property development. This is illustrated by the stop - go nature of the work. Weeks go by without anything being done. The whole project has been going on for well over 2 years already, probably a lot more, and the flats aren't even finished, let alone let. I actually wish one of the chains would open a convenience store on the site. The current offerings in that particular area of LL are pretty poor, and its been an eyesore for far too long. BTW. How on earth did the Polish grocery get a liquor licence? Aren't there already enough stores selling alcohol on this short strip?

[jim_the_chin]

I heard last week from the PO guys that it was going to be a bingo-type establishment

[LordLane]

Hi sorry i should have said in my original post that i work for the developers, Watmough Brothers Investments, who have owned the site for roughly thirty years haveing bought it from the co-op. Unfortunately due to the nature of completely rebuilding a site internally and adding extensions to the back of the property many people believe that no work has been done when infact there has been alot however not all visable.

[Ko]

hi there. has a contract been signed with sainsburys yet? and what is the proposed opening date? thanks again

[AndieLandell]

Mmm bingo. Brill!

[LordLane]

Yes there has and i would estimate three to four months however not having worked with sainsbury's before i am not sure of how quickly they will complete the shop fitting.

[damzel]

Will there be a car park at the back? Not happy about Sainsburys Local at all and if it effects parking down my street too grrrrr

[LordLane]

there will be a gated community area for the tennants in the flats

[iaineasy]

This sucks anus. What has East Dulwich done to deserve another ugly blight of a supermarket under our noses, don't they syphon off enough money from local communities/small shopkeepers with out having to be here too, what's wrong with the one on dog kennel hill? Don't they make enough money? I am no anti capitalist quite the contrary but with such a vibrant community there must be other businesses the landlord could do business with?

What a sell out.

thanks greedy bollox love you too.

[Jeremy]

I would rather have a Sainsbury's there than empty units. At least it will mean that people at that end of East Dulwich don't have to trek to Dog Kennel Hill to get their groceries in. I am sure it will be very popular.

I know a lot of people will perceive this as a threat to independent shops, but I think that small shops should be able to survive by providing products/service/environment that you can't get in a supermarket.

[andyxlandells]

are they still building the flat over the gated entry way?? ( i used to own number 3 so just nosy)

[James Barber]

I'm surprised at the suggestion that this shop site will be a Sainsburys local.

Somerfield recently applied and obtained an alcolhol licence. It would seem surprisng if Somerfield/Coop had sold this site/option.

If it is Sainsbury's they need to apply for an alcohol licence which I would be notified of and have'nt.

[LordLane]

Due to the merger between the two Companies co-op and somerfield. They decided they didn't want the site and hence it will become a Sainsbury's Local. I'm sure you will hear about the alcohol license in due course

[computedshorty]

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[James]

Have the anti-chain gang not considered the fact that a Sainsbury's here might actually bring MORE footfall to the area - thus helping the independents that have set up here?

The other end of Lordship Lane has two supermarkets - and several newsagents. It seems there's enough custom to sustain them all.

[DrDom]

I've heard this building is going to become a TK Maxx.

[LordLane]

andyxlandells, we have got permission for the flat so at some stage it will be built however when this will happen i do not know.

[SimonM]

There's already quite a few non-chain, long-established, food shops around there so I'd be amazed if any of these would welcome a Sainsbury's local. I suspect the Forest Hill "big" Sainsbury's might lose a bit of trade too...

Oh and I believe Enid Blyton was very young indeed when she moved out from across the road! :))

[andyxlandells]

Its only that if it does get built ( as planned) lorries ( if large ones) would have trouble getting under ( only high enough -Just- for fire engines

glad that something is finally being done anyway

LordLane Wrote:

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> andyxlandells, we have got permission for the flat

> so at some stage it will be built however when

> this will happen i do not know.

[iaineasy]

It seems I was a little over the top with my post last night on this thread and some what unkind to lord lane, it has been pointed out that perhaps I should not shoot the meesenger or use unkind language in an open forum. I have to say that in hindsight I agree with that and would therefor like to offer an apology to lord lane.

sorry

iain.

[computedshorty]

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[Ko]

thanks for the info LordLane. any idea yet what the opening hours will be?