BREAKING NEWS...Tesco decision will not be called-in
THE planning application for construction of a new Tesco superstore in Scarborough has not been called-in for examination by the Secretary of State, it has been announced.
The scheme was granted planning permission by Scarborough Council’s planning committee at a meeting in December, following which the application had to be referred to the Secretary of State in order to allow him to consider whether to call it in for his own determination.
But it has now been confirmed that the application does not need to be called-in as “the proposals do not involve a conflict with national policies on important matters nor have significant effects beyond their immediate locality, give rise to substantial regional or national controversy, raise significant architectural and urban design issues”.
The next step is for Tesco to apply for a road closure of Trafalgar Street West.
Full details of this story will be in Wednesday’s Evening News.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Scarborough
Thursday 24 May 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 11 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: East
Comments
There are 33 comments to this article
Page 1 of 3
I read the news today, oh boy
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 07:00 PM32 "No one is against Tesco building another Supermarket in the area." Eh? I thought everybody in the town except me was against it? Make your mind up.
Tim Thorne
Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 05:00 PM"Yet the same good people who are so against Tesco are not campaigning to have the existing" No one is against Tesco building another Supermarket in the area. The people I've talked to are against a Supermarket being built on Dean Road against the wishes of a large number of people, perhaps the majority. We don't want the people who live in the immediate vicinity to suffer the noise the 24 hour development will bring. We don't want more traffic lights destroying our ability to get around town in a timely manner. We don't want more money being taken straight out of the local economy. There will doubtless be many other reasons for objecting to the closure of Trafalgar Street West. I guess there won't be a letter of objection with your name on it among the 3500 objections collected so far?
I read the news today, oh boy
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 06:14 PM"Supermarkets actually stifle choice in the long run" - it's an old argument, and it's been used over and again in this debate. The proof of this mantra is at best anecdotal and at worst just plain conjecture. Yet the same good people who are so against Tesco are not campaigning to have the existing Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury, Aldi, Proudfoot along with NISA, COOP, Tesco Express, Sainsbury's Local, Jacksons, Spar, Premier, Costcutter closed down, are they? The same people were also agitating in favour of Asda if recent memory serves. Do you actually mean "Tesco actually stifle choice in the long run"? And the other supermarkets don't? Do you mean that by denying me the choice of shopping at Tesco now you are in subtle some way that I don't quite understand preserving for me for all time the choice of shopping at Pierce the butchers, Woodheads the bakers and Tim Thornes the candlestickmakers, which is - again, in subtle some way that I don't understand - better for me than shopping at Tesco will ever be? You have my interests at heart and not Pierce's, Woodheads' and Thorne's? Because frankly, I'd rather take my chances with the large supermarkets, thank you very much, than put all my eggs in the (proverbial) basket of the aforementioned small shops - and who are you to presume to make that choice for me?
Tim Thorne
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 03:52 PM"If they choose to shop at Tesco, things will be different, but is that a valid reason to deny them the choice?" Exactly how much more choice do we need? We've got a Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury, Aldi, Proudfoot along with NISA, COOP, Tesco Express, Sainsbury's Local, Jacksons, Spar, Premier, Costcutter and likely others too. Supermarkets actually stifle choice in the long run and they'll eventually destroy the chances of any entrepreneurial soul wanting to set up as a food retailer if they haven't done it already.
canthandlethetruth
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 12:24 PMWhere are the people who don't want tescos gonna shop ill tell you where tescos! Why because its cheap! They aren't going to use small local shops and shop around when they can get a everything at tescos . I personally hate tescos no real choice there own label food tastes cheap full of cheap ingredients for maximum profit. Id love to have a time machine and go into the future and look at the high street of dark boarded up empty shops and the only thing on the horizon is three maybe four huge brightly lit supermarkets! When you get there you can say to yourself we did this!!!
I read the news today, oh boy
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 06:08 PM"It doesn't matter if people don't want superstores", but it does Tim. If people choose to shop at "Pierce the butchers, Woodheads the bakers" and Thornes the Candlestickmakers, then those shops will stay in business. If they choose to shop at Tesco, things will be different, but is that a valid reason to deny them the choice? Sorry for repeating myself but it's not just about shops and shopkeepers, it's about customers too. And we haven't even started on jobs yet.
Tim Thorne
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 08:40 PM"These places will survive if people want them to survive." Sadly that's not the case. There used to be lots of small shops that sell varying amounts of groceries around the town. Quite a lot of them are now NISA, Premier, COOPs, Sainsbury's Local, Spar, Tesco Express et al now. We used to be a nation of shopkeepers, now we're a nation of shelf stackers. The entrepreneur has been replaced by minimum wage slave. The net effect on towns is that monies made by supermarkets barely touch the local economies and are whisked straight into the pockets of shareholders to the detriment of those local economies. Globalisation is the cause. The power of large corporations has never been so great. It doesn't matter if people don't want superstores, they have the money to entrench themselves into local economies and out-muscle and kill off small traders.
I read the news today, oh boy
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 06:47 PM25 These places will survive if people want them to survive. If people use the "small shops" and avoid Tesco, then it will be Tesco who go to the wall, and all the staff there will lose their jobs and I bet you'll all be pleased about that. It's about customer choice really, do customers choose Tesco or do they choose the shops you and your chums keep going on about? If the only way these places can stay afloat is to deny to the people of Scarborough the choice of using Tesco then I say they deserve to sink, if it wasn't Tesco it would have been Asda after all and in spite of what many choose to believe they're no better. Too much hysteria about this, too much complaining about competition, too many people assuming everyone else supports their tedious campaign on behalf of shops that - let's face it - not many of us have even heard of. It's not just about shops and shopkeepers, it's about customers too, and if they want the choice of Tesco, who do you think you are to deny it to them?
Sue Donim
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:33 AMWell posterl 23, perhaps Pierce the butchers, Woodheads the bakers do you honestly think they will survive? the little grocery store opposite both the above. The shop up Dean Road will they benefit. What about the other observations you FAILED to comment on.
throxenbylad
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 08:04 PMDean Road has died and Tesco will rejuvenate it!
I read the news today, oh boy
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 06:59 PMOh come on people get over yourselves, not many of us are fans of Tesco but some of these comments are barking. "Dean Road will die overnight", it's calm down dear time I think.
Oli Mount
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 05:45 PMEy, I've just heard some more breaking news! Scotland are going to breakaway from the UK - TESCO will run it!
TSnf
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 05:08 PM#15, Wonderfully put!! I don't often agree with you, but on this occasion, you've said it all, so I'll say no more!!!
markdrum
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 11:11 AM#19, Todays news sources say that Tesco have given into pressure and will now pay the staff on these "work" schemes and they will be offered jobs dependent on the outcome of the trial period. Its a sad world when major national employers have to pressured into paying staff!
Renshaw Woods
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 11:00 AMGOOD. Now lets get it up and running. There are thousands that want it. Tescos dont just stick a pin in a map. #2 You are out of date. There are other news sources apart from SEN you know.
Page 1 of 3
Your view
Please sign in to be able to comment on this story.