A spokesperson said local architect Belinda Scott has been appointed to redesign the façade and incorporate an open pedestrian arcade from the Princes Highway.

"We would like to thank the Ulladulla community for its feedback so far - we have tried to reflect the ideas and suggestions of residents as much as possible in the new design," the spokesperson said.

Further comments can be made direct to Shoalhaven City Council or Woolworths can be contacted directly on newdevelopments@woolworths.com.au

'We want Big W'

STORY: Stuart Carless

HUNDREDS of people have signed a petition supporting calls for a Big W in Ulladulla as opposed to a Woolworths supermarket.

Mollymook resident Kevin Bartolo told the Time last week that approximately 1000 people had signed hard copies of the petition or over the Internet at www.ventit.com.au

A number of people left comments on the website saying Ulladulla didn't need another supermarket but that it desperately needed an 'upmarket' variety store where people could purchase goods such as clothing and linen.

Many said a Big W would attract other shoppers to the region but would also encourage more people to shop locally rather than travel to other centres such as Nowra and Batemans Bay.

Mr Bartolo now plans to forward the petition to Shoalhaven City Council and to Woolworths but has already been told that the local population isn't big enough to warrant a Big W.

If that's the case he said it was hard to believe the Milton-Ulladulla region needed "six supermarkets and even more liquor stores".

"We are asking for a Big W not just for our town but to become the major town centre to service the Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla districts," Mr Bartolo said.

"The total population of adults and children in these combined areas is more than enough to warrant a Big W store."

Mr Bartolo said the petition had been signed by people from as far away as Nowra, Narooma and Sydney all keen to see the Milton-Ulladulla region offering something different.