Regular readers will recall that Tesco has been facing a massive amount of opposition to plans to open a store in Mill Road Cambridge. We've had another update from Ruth of the No Mill Road Tesco campaign with some excellent news. She writes...
'We thought you'd like to know that the planning inspector has dismissed Tesco's appeal against Cambridge council's refusal of an extension and plant back in March. He has dismissed it on the grounds that "both of the realistically available servicing options would pose unacceptable risks to highway safety".
This is excellent news because it means that even if Tesco go ahead with their next appeal, against another refusal (for plant only) in July, they will still have this same problem. We don't want to get carried away, but it's hard to see how Tesco can now open a store on this site. Even the local paper's editorial today described Tesco's attempt to open up on Mill Road as "doomed". So, there are lots of happy people in Cambridge today!'
Congratulations from us all!
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Tesco's capital expenditure will fall to less than £4 billion next year from about £4.5 billion this year as it plans to open fewer U.K. stores, instead switching focus to store openings abroad, particularly Asia, Mr. Higginson, tesco finance director said.
From the latest set of tesco results. Hope that Tesco might abandon its plans for St Albans or just keep us waiting for another 8 years.
Tesco's capital expenditure will fall to less than £4 billion next year from about £4.5 billion this year as it plans to open fewer U.K. stores, instead switching focus to store openings abroad, particularly Asia, Mr. Higginson said.
my guess is that Tesco want a store in St Albans to fill the gap between Hatfield and Hemel but as its an expensive scheme (lots of demolition / underground car park etc.) it will go on the back burner as there are more profitable schemes in the pipeline. We'll be waiting a while!!!!!!!! and meantime the area will disintegrate further.
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