l Continued from page 1 the market traders displaced by the project. The town council came in for a stronger rebuke from one of its own former councillors; Jayne Hill. She did not attend the meeting but in her observations relayed to the planning committee she said she felt the town council could have handled the whole issue much better. She was also concerned that the move would mean older shoppers in Okehampton would lose a shopping option they had enjoyed for many years. Members voted to follow the officer?s recommendation to grant planning permission for the scheme subject to conditions relating to noise limitation measures and that use be limited to ?a cinema with ancillary café/bar and no other use?. Okehampton resident Derek Godfrey-Brown claimed the town was losing part of its heritage by allowing the market hall to be converted into a cinema and said he was sceptical about the project?s chances of success. ?I think it is the wrong decision,? he said, ?you are not exactly going to get the biggest blockbusters coming here to Okehampton immediately after the premiere in Leicester Square.?
