Why we should no longer want a town centre supermarket

Nairn’s policy of holding onto the dream of a town centre supermarket development, has been a tragedy for Nairn.
When you drive along the A96 through Nairn and see that long string of derelict buildings, note that most of these belong to Somerfield/Co-op.
The reason they are still derelict is because Somerfield/Co-op still has no real [...]

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There are some seriously interesting comments and discussions coming up and I want to be able to make it easier for anyone to find these, so hopefully this will help.
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  • nairnbairn: There seems to be an assumption that the Highland Council owns (or owned) the Lodgehill Clinic site...
  • pedant: Billy, “nepotism” is not a proper noun, so no capital, and that’s an O not an A. Seeing as...
  • Des/Graisg/Gurnmeister: This will go for housing in the end, best to try and get something lower density and more in...
  • Shelby: I agree, why can’t they use the buildings for something else! Instead of spending more money on...
  • Brian Turner: Failte! And indeed, quite a sharp comment I would not necessarily agree with – putting the death...
  • Graisg: Aidh, sin agad e a bhalaich. Chuannaic mi am bhideo ud o chionn fhada. ‘S ann mar sin a tha Daibhidh...
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  • Brian Turner: Good point – how many new taxes do we want?
  • Gràisg: Just another thought on this, the Highland Greens are complaining that there’s no supermarket tax....
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