29 sept

I feel obliged to add to Mr C's comments. If every shop in Western Road were to take the same attitude as Amber Stores we would not be able to walk along the street.The council, by not taking any action, is sending out a signal to every shop in Western Road that it is OK to completely ignore the regulations. It is a total disgrace that no action is being taken.This has now been going on for at least the last two years. How can the council take action against any shop that commits the same offences whilst ignoring this situation? EBRA have made so many complaints to your department about this store that I consider it is time for our association to make a formal complaint about the lack of action by the Highways Department. What is so difficult about doing something about this? We are not interested in hearing the often quoted phrase by Mr Denyer of "de minimus".
The store is committing an offence. The courts can not ignore that. They may say that the offence is minor, but you should be able to demonstrate that you have been trying to work with the store to persuade them to comply with the regulations and that they have completely ignored your attempts. That should be sufficient for the court to find them guilty and fine them accordingly.We would like to see the correspondence you have had with your Legal Department and the advice they have provided.We do not accept that legal action can not be taken.Would you please respond to all the above concerns.