Taking onboard concerns from local residents about the number of cars and young people congregating in the Sainsbury’s car park at night and having spoken with local police officers I wrote to Sainsbury’s seeking to find out what their view on the situation is and the actions they plan to take. 

A copy of the letter can be found here. Letter to Sainsbury’s about antisocial behaviour

Since I wrote the letter I have had an email reply from Peter Smith the store manager stating that he is pursuing gates for the store card park.  This will mean a new bus shelter on Redding way so that buses can still pick people up and drop people off when the gates are closed.  I understand from Peter that Arriva have agreed to this.  It is now a matter of planning permission from the council.  I will work with the council to ensure a good location can be found, as the sooner the gates are fitted the sooner the car park will be quiet in the evenings.