Tesco's in North Street
From:
Matthew Symonds
Date:
Apr 24 09:48 UTC
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Debbie
In answer to your question about what planning permision would be needed the
development will have already been granted planning permision for retail (A1)
some time ago. The only other plnning permissions that might be needed are for
basic things like shop signage. as sean said in his earlier post the planning
system differentiates between basic uses e.g. cafes, offices and shops but not
between who runs them so no difference is made between a large chain and a
small independent.
There are lots of ways to oppose any schem and i suspect strong opposition
would be something most likely be the thing that Tesco would like least (but I
wouldn't expect them to just roll over - it would need to be prolonged and well
organised).
Before starting anything I wonder if anyone has been able to firmly establish
if Tesco are definately planning to open here?
As an aside I wonder if any of the older residents (if there are any on the
forum) can confirm that there used to be a Tesco on North Street? I think it
closed shortly before I moved to the area but from what i've been told I think
it used to be where the Carpet shop/helebes is near the Luckwell Road
<email obscured>> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:21:23
-0700> From: <email obscured>> Subject: [GB-Forum] Tesco's in North
Street> To: <email obscured>> > Glad to see a lot of
opposition on here! I echo> Esther's question: what can we do?> > Although I'm
sure people here are far more> well-informed than I am, my understanding is
that even> though the development has A1 (retail) consent (no> doubt based on
the fact that it was a shop before),> there is still some sort of planning
permission to be> granted rather than just any shop being able to move> in. Am
I right?> > How about some adverse publicity in the press showing> local
opposition to Tesco's - using our councillors> and residents? > > Deb> > >
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