Further good news for anti-Tesco campaigners today. The Highland News reports that Tesco's application for a fourth store in Inverness has been rejected. Tesco already receives over half the grocery money spent in Inverness - but wanted to build a 4,000+ square metre store (a similar size to its St Albans proposal). A 4,000 strong petition and 73 letters of objection were enough to see Tesco off.
The paper quotes Steve Rodger, Holm Community Council chairman, as saying,
"It is a victory. Nobody wanted it. The public rejected it, the planners rejected it and councillors unanimously rejected it and now, thank goodness, the government reporter has rejected it. We are delighted."
In St Albans we already have a petition well in excess of 4,000 names. We also have a huge number of opponents who are happy to write letters to make their point. Many thanks to all those who wrote this week to the St Albans Review & Observer and the Herts Advertiser. In total there were 9 anti-Tesco letters published and a large number of similar comments in the Review's online discussion forum.
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