Residents have been contacting Lib Dem councillors to express concern that a company calling itself HB Boot Sales is planning to have a car boot sale every Sunday in Ridgmont Road station car park from Sunday 4 March.
Chris White comments: ‘This is outrageous. The railway companies own this land and are as usual treating local people with contempt. I cannot see how in a civilised country people should have to put up with a car boot sale outside their front doors for 5 hours on a Sunday.’
District Council officers are attempting to get the promoter to see sense but are limited in their power of intervention.
Chris added: ‘We will keep on pressing officials to take action to allow local people their much earned day of rest.’
The promoter plans to start at 9 am on Sunday morning.