He said he was not aware of any development in a similar size town
around the country that was proposing 50,000 square metres of retail.His
judgment was that this was not required to create the critical mass
needed to ensure a development's success. He did not think that a
smaller scheme had been tested.He agreed that the major non food
retailers would not come to a development on their own, although he felt
food store operators would go anywhere on their own'. He did not think
Knowsley Council had been proactive enough to bring a major food store
to Kirkby.He said the problem here was that there had been several
schemes that had not been taken forward. Mr Clarkson said this was a
matter of opinion.There were a number of Fifa 16 Coins questions about how Skelmersdale would improve its retail offer.
Mr
Nutter said food shopping in the town was dominated by Asda, which was
overtrading and retaining 71 per cent of available expenditure. He said
it was considered that the introduction of another operator would create
more choice and push this retention to 90 per cent.Mr Clarkson pointed
out that this was an even more ambitious claw back' of expenditure than
was expected tin Kirkby. Mr Nutter agreed that the Skelmersdale plan was
about regenerating the town centre and increasing the non food offer.
But
he said it would be impossible for Kirkby to achieve 70 per cent of the
available expenditure on non food shopping as Liverpool was such a
powerful competitor, relatively nearby. He thought 50 per cent was
optimistic but more likely'.He added he did not think Liverpool One
would be affected by the Kirkby development. But he also said the size
was out of sync' with the retail hierarchy of the sub region. He said
the Skelmersdale scheme was significantly smaller than was being
proposed for Kirkby'.He said Kirkby's role was exactly the same as that
of Huyton and Prescot, which operated well but did not aim for a greater
market share of non food shopping. This would not happen because of the
proximity of Liverpool, Buy Fifa 16 Coins which had a much greater non food offer.
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