No more chips for Collier Row

Following a campaign by the Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association, Havering Council has refused a planning application for a KFC takeaway in Collier Row. Officers commented that the proposal “would result in a row of three non retail uses in the core retail area of Collier Row”

Which in English means, there is already plenty of takeaway outlets in Collier Row and adding another one will not benefit the Town Centre in one way?

When the application was made some 6 weeks ago, m self and Graham Price spent some time in Collier Row talking to residents and shopkeepers about the application. Graham Price said, “We already have chips shops, Indians, Chinese, Wimpy, kebabs, pizza, chicken and cafes, I think Collier Row is at saturation point in relation to more takeaway outlets.

We are worried that this application is one too many for our Town Centre”.The Council have spent a lot of time and money on regenerating the Town, to enhance the area and to improve the shopping environment, for Collier Row to gain yet another take away outlet is a step in the wrong direction”