Waitrose is looking to build a supermarket in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, but The Guardian says there is no place for it in planning terms and the design would need to be more subtle than the existing one on the table.
It says although architects have made several revisions to the initial plans, the choice has been between “typhus and ebola”.
It describes the design as “a cross between a private US prison and a bunker from the coast of World War II Normandy”.
Save Wallingford Action Group is calling for a “proper” regeneration scheme for the town, with public consultation.
It fears the shop will generate queues of traffic, particularly as the proposed 200-space car park will be too small to handle “the inevitable flow of four-wheel drive family tanks from outside town”.
References: The Guardian 14/04/03 page 10-11 (G2)
