Morrisons supermarket under fire for ‘abandoning’ Oswestry site
Supermarket bosses have been criticised for abandoning a site that was once part of a proposed £45 million leisure and shopping complex.

The land on the Old Smithfield on Shrewsbury Road in Oswestry was due to be developed into a 16-acre complex with a five-screen cinema, Morrisons supermarket, Frankie and Benny’s and McDonald’s restaurants.
However plans were shelved in early 2016 after Cineworld pulled out of the development and Morrisons, who lease the land from the town council, expressed concerns about an Aldi store being built on a nearby site.
After a meeting between the town council last year, the site was due to be re-marketed by the supermarket, but more than a year later there are still question marks over whether it will ever be developed.
County councillor Paul Milner is unhappy that no new information has come to light in the last year and has called the state of the site a disgrace.
He said: “I think the way they have left the site is utterly disgraceful.
“They have left it to overgrow and it is unsafe. It is the gateway into Oswestry, the first thing that everyone sees and it is not acceptable for it to look like that.