Much wants more
Tesco have taken out a lease on the premises presently occupied by the Golf Shop in Robin Hood Lane and plan to open a Tesco Metro there. Amongst many other reasons why this is undesirable is that access for bulk deliveries is totally inadequate and lorries already damage adjoining properties (and councillors had to have double height kerbstones installed to protect the central reservation). At the approach to a pedestrian crossing, there is very little parking that must also serve the other businesses and there is a potential hazard to pedestrians.
Three convenience stores in the vicinity already serve the local community very well and are now threatened by this possible development. We already have the Somerfield and Waitrose stores as full supermarkets and one Tesco already on the edge of Hall Green. There are also good local stores in Baldwins Lane, on Hall Green Parade, at Robin Hood Island and elsewhere. We don’t need any more, but it appears that Tesco does, regardless of the impact on the local community and established businesses. Councillor Michael Wilkes has presented two petitions totalling 800 signatures and, with colleagues, has written a strong objection as have numerous local residents. Tesco have more than enough already. Despite the weakness and bias towards applicants in national planning law, we must do all we can to see that this application gets thrown out.
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