Tesco's Landbank in St. Albans

Below is our illustration showing land that Tesco owns or is thought to own and which we believe will form the site of their proposed development in St. Albans.

The site, over four acres (around 5 football pitches) in size, is currently the site of many mainly Victorian era residential homes, a disused office building with parking that is frequently used for filming, a disused works unit a tire garage, petrol station and a number of small businesses.

The impact of a Tesco development would, of course, be felt most strongly by those living or working within the development site or immediately adjacent to it but the knock on effect of delivery lorries, road and foot traffic, light and noise pollution, litter, etc would be felt much more widely. In fact, the development of a Tesco could threaten local businesses and even the thousand year old market that is one of the features that makes St. Albans unique.

Tesco's "land bank" in St. Albans has already been the issue of a BBC Television report as well as letters in The Independent and the Herts Advertiser, and has also been covered in the St. Albans Observer.

Campaign group Tescopoly has more on the issue of "land banking".