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“Winning battles, but losing the war: is Nairn doomed to disappear?”

Almost all residents of Nairn, whether born and bred here or more recently-arrived, believe rightly that Nairn has a unique identity and a number of attractive features – many of which are at risk through neglect or bad planning. There is wide consensus on the desirability of a bypass, for example, and on the need to deal with the problem of the “Somerfield site”. And when specific proposals surface, like Sainsburys, or Sandown, local opinion can be mobilised (though there are inevitably different views on what is, or is not, needed).
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