Here's a quick update on local actions over the last two weeks:
- No news yet on Tesco's formal application - which should be going in (according to its timetable) very soon! In anticipation of the application, we've written a letter to the local council's planning department informing them of our research among local residents and businesses
- We're still planning to meet Tesco again in August but due to holidays this has been put back to the last week of the month
- Peter Milne wrote this letter to the Herts Advertiser about Tesco's latest press release (here).
- The Lib Dems and Greens have included updates on the Tesco campaign in their local ward communications - thanks for your continued support!
- Our online poll asking people to vote on Tesco's new plans shows that 90% of those who expressed an opinion are against the plans - more than 100 people have now voted. To add your vote, visit www.stoptesco.com and click on the scrolling text
- Plus, we're having an interesting discussion with Michael Kissman about the plans we posted on the stoptesco.com website - but more of that later...
- Tesco has been forced by the Competition Commission to stop work on a new store in Slough, reports the Daily Telegraph
- The Ham & High reports 1,200 people protesting against Tesco's plans to open a 10th(!!!!) store in a square mile of North London!
- The campaign in Cuffley (where more than half local residents voted against Tesco in a referendum) had a major setback when the store was given planning permission - as reported by the Herts Advertiser. The campaign will continue to work to support local shops - find out more here. Please be assured that the planning position in St Albans is far less amenable to Tesco than in Cuffley.
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