Campaigning to curb supermarket power

Warwickshire

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Bedworth, Coventry

Tesco replaced its existing supermarket in Bedworth  by creating a store of 60,000 sq ft - more than double the present store size. It submitted a planning application in October 2010.Friends of the Earth Nuneaton objected to the plans.

 

Cheylesmore, Coventry

Residents fighting plans to turn a derelict Cheylesmore pub site into an Asda supermarket have come up with an alternative proposal of their own. They have drawn up their own plan to transform the site into a multi-million pound community centre.  Netto had originally planned to build a shop on the land, which it owned, but twice withdrew its application. Netto has now been bought by Asda.... Read More

Coundon, Coventry

Traders in a Coventry parade fought a long battle to stop a Tesco store opening on derelict land on the corner of Holyhead Road and Grayswood Avenue, in Coundon.

Following four attempts, including a public inquiry, by Tesco to secure planning permission Councillors finally granted permission for the store in February 2012.

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The proposed store would be open seven... Read More

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