Tesco wants to extend its Ystrad Mynach store with more shop floor space, a café, staff restaurant and a two-storey glass atrium linking the building with the car park. It also wants to increase car parking spaces from 486 to 584 and boost its warehouse.

Planning officers recommended approval but in November 2009 Caerphilly County Borough Councillors refused the application. Please see an article in the Caerphilly Observer, 20th November 2009.

 In April 2010 Tesco lodged an appeal against the decision with the Welsh Assembly. An inquiry is due to take place in October 2010. Please see an item on ITV Wales Tonight, 29th July 2010.

A new campaign group, Llangollen Community Against Supermarket Development at Mile End Mill, was set up in 2010 to oppose plans for a 1.68 hectare development for a Class A1 retail store and car park, approximately 1/2 mile from Llangollen - see the Planning Application is 03/2009/1620 on Denbighshire's Planning Portal at http://planning.denbighshire.gov.uk/portal/

A prior development for a petrol station and convenience store has been granted in the Town centre; Application Reference 03/2009/1498 and will be approximately the same size as the existing Somerfield store in Llangollen. Llangollen also supports a Spar, two bakeries, two butchers, two delicatessens and many other independent retailers.

The Town Council and other bodies are trying to get the site designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it lies with the World Heritage Buffer Zone of Poncysllte Aqueduct. It is in a C2 flood plain and there are several protected species, including badgers, bats and newts,

Llangollen Chamber of Trade and Tourism have said they will push for Llangollen to transfer from Denbighshire to Wrexham Borough if the supermarket gets the go ahead. Please see an article in the Rhyl Journal, 31st March 2010.

For more information on the campaign please visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=360877386177

In March 2010 Tesco revealed that it wants to build a store in Aberystwyth and the site could be Mill Street car park, which has now been officially earmarked by Ceredigion County Council for a major shopping development by councillors.

Tesco’s plans for Aberystwyth were revealed at a town council meeting in Machynlleth. For more information please see an article in the Cambrian News, 3rd March 2010.

Residents in Llandaff North set a up a petition against a possible new Tesco Express store in Station Road, although no official plans for the branch have been made.

Campaigners believe the new mini-supermarket could be established on the premises of the old NatWest bank in Station Road. A planning application to convert the old bank into retail premises has been submitted to Cardiff Council by C2J Architects.

Llandaff North Residents’ Association says many traders and residents are concerned about the impact a Tesco would have on existing small businesses as well as trafffic and parking.  For more information please see an article at walesonline.co.uk, 3rd December 2009.

In June 2010 the plans were re-submitted to Cardiff council’s planning department by C2J Architects after the earlier application was withdrawn earlier in 2010. Although no mention of Tesco appears on the new drawings, residents and businesses in the area still believe the plans could involve Tesco.

Llandaff North Residents’ Association held a meeting in the community centre for people to discuss their concerns with the planning application, and found that most people's concerns are parking and traffic issues. Please see an article in the South Wales Echo, 18th June 2010.

In 2009 traders in Newcastle Emlyn started a campaign "Newcastle Emlyn Action Group" against plans for a new supermarket in the town. In September 2009 Carmarthenshire Council rejected the application for a convenience store.

In early December 2009 the application was resubmitted virtually unchanged.  The Newcastle Emlyn residents and visitors queued up again to sign letters of protest. More than 500 letters were sent to the planning office in Carmarthen: with many more still in the high street shops.

It has now emerged that the planners are fully aware that the supermarket, if built, would close down much of the high street.  Figures produced by Carmarthenshire Council’s own consultants show the new store grossing £12.7m per year: more than the rest of the town put together.  And £5.9m of this will be lost from local food shops - including CKs, Somerfield and Spar - let alone the smaller shops in the high street.  This is at least 50% of their business, a hit that few shops could survive.

Yet there has still been no official recognition of this impact.  The figures were only obtained by the Newcastle Emlyn Action Group, who put pressure on the county planning office to release the report. Carmarthenshire County Council policy calls for “protecting the viability and vitality of town centres and supporting small local convenience shopping facilities”.  How, asks the Action Group, can they square this with their own consultant’s report?

In March 2010 the Action Group called on the Welsh Assembly to call-in the application because they feel several aspects of the plans for the store are inaccurate and they are especially concerned about figures used in the retail impact assessment. Please see an article in the Tivy-Side Advertiser, 8th March 2010.

For more information and to join the Action Group, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/nceactiongroup

Tesco has bought land in Machynlleth and plans to open a new 27,000 sq ft supermarket (3x bigger than  the current supermarket space and twice the current total retail space of the 2000 population town). Local residents and the Chamber of Commerce are concerned about the plans, especially as the town already has a Co-op and Spar and the Welsh Marches supermarket chain, Harry Tuffins, has recently opened a store. Please see an article at the BBC, 19th September 2008.

Around 250 people attended a public meeting to discuss the plans in October 2008. On the 1st November a campaign group "Pumpkins not Profits" carved a "No Tesco" Halloween pumpkin sculpture at the proposed site. For more information please see an article at the BBC, 3rd November 2008 and an article in the Shropshire Star, 7th November 2008.

Tesco revealed the plans at a two-day public exhibition in the town at the end of March 2009. In July Tesco submitted a planning application for a new store on the land previously belonging to Travis Perkins and the farmers mart. Residents had 21 days from the 14th July to object to the plans. 

In January 2010 a decision by Councillors on whether to allow an extension to be built at the Co-op store in Machynlleth has been put on hold because of the weather. Originally it was intended to discuss the Co-op plan and the Tesco planning application at the same meeting, but planners decided to defer the Tesco item after the Welsh Assembly Government said it wanted more time to consider the proposal. Please see an article in the Cambrian News, 13th January 2010.

The Welsh Assembly Government issued a holding objection to the Tesco application for Machynlleth, issuing a direction on the council not to determine the application until they have had sufficient time to consider the revised information by the applicant on transport issues. Please see an article in the County Times, 18th January 2010.

Finally, on 22nd June the Welsh Assembly ruled that Tesco's planning application  for a store in  Machynlleth should be refused on safety grounds. The Welsh Assembly Government has directed Powys County Council to refuse the plans as it would lead to more road accidents. Tesco has now withdrawn their current application but has said it will resubmit a new application at a later date. Please see an article in the Cambrian News, 22nd June 2010.

For more information on the campaign please visit www.keepmachspecial.org.uk

And read an article by resident George Monbiot in the Guardian, 10th August 2009.

In January 2009 Tesco announced plans to build a 48,102 sq ft new store on the old Tick Tock site in Ystradgynlais, Powys. A public exhibition was held in the town on the16th-17th January. Please see an article in the South Wales Guardian, 14th January 2009 for more information.

Local independent businesses are concerned by the plans and have formed the Ystradgynlais and District Action group. Please see an article in the South Wales Guardian, 5th March 2009.

In June 2009 Neath Port Talbot Council offered no objections to the proposal so long as Powys County Council can show the need for a retail development at that location. Please see an article in the South Wales Guardian, 3rd June 2009.

In November more than 50 people attended a Town Council meeting brandishing "Say no to Tesco" badges. Please see thisissouthwales.co.uk, 18th November 2009. The planning officer is recommending the plans be approved. On the 15th December Powys County Council approved the plans for the store. Please see bbc.co.uk, 15th December 2009.

In August 2009 the Planning inspectorate for Wales Inspector backed Caerphilly council's view that building a supermarket at Blackwood Gate Retail Park went against policy as the site can only be used for retail warehousing and leisure, saying there was a real risk the proposal would harm town centre trade.

The council blocked the original bid from Develica in November 2008, saying there was no demand for another supermarket in Blackwood and trade would be drawn away from the town centre. Develica appealed, claiming it would not affect the viability of the town centre. The matter went to a planning inquiry as the developers wanted to lift this planning restriction, which would enable the empty units to be used for food retail. For more information please see an article in the South Wales Argus, 5th August 2009.

A campaign was launched in Caernarfon to oppose a planning application by Tesco to build a new 69, 063 sq/ft A1 Superstore/Petrol Filling Station and Carwash on the out of town land on Llanberis Road.  This is to replace the existing smaller store they already have near to the town.  This new store will dominate the area and campaigners are concerned that local businesses will suffer. The land in question is marked on the Gwynedd Council Unitary Development Plan for affordable housing and therefore these proposed plans are contrary to this. Tesco withdrew its proposal in November 2009.

More than 100 people and organisations have objected to plans to build a new Tesco convenience store in Undy. Tesco has applied to demolish existing buildings at Undy Service Station on the B4245. The plan would see a new store at the site, with provision for nine car parking spaces and an unloading bay.

Objections focused on inadequate parking, congestion and fears the new store would undermine the central shopping area in Magor. For further information please see an article in the South Wales Argus, 20th July 2009.

Over 500 people have objected to Tesco plans to open an Express store in a dis-used pub, the Black Horse Inn on Somerton Road. The Council planning officers are also recommending the application be refused as they are concerned about congestion and road safety issues together with a lack of parking provision. Local residents have also objected on grounds of impact on existing shops.

The Council's planning committee considered the application on 1st April 2009 and rejected the plans. The committee recommended refusal on three grounds - that it would be detrimental to the vitality and viability of nearby retail centres; insufficient parking; substandard access.

For further information please see an article in the South Wales Argus, 30th March 2009 and an article "Corner Shops should be protected from Tesco", 3rd April 2009.

In 2008 Rhondda's planning committee turned down a proposal from Tesco to build a store on the 2.3 hectare Ynys Field next to the Lord Tonypandy pub and half a mile from the town centre. In October 2008 Tesco lodged an appeal against the decision.

Traders in the town fear Tonypandy will become a “ghost town” if Tesco win an appeal. They point to the fact that when Asda was granted permission to open a store in the town trade went down 25 percent, and in some stores nearer 50 percent. For more information please see walesonline.co.uk. On the 17th February 2009 Tesco withdrew their appeal.

900 people signed a petition against plans for a new Tesco Express store on the site of an old filling station in Trethomas. The store would become the fourth Tesco store within approximately a five mile radius -Tesco has a store in the centre of Caerphilly and a Tesco Express on the outskirts in Pwllypant, and less than a mile away it is due to open another store at the site of the former Focus store on the Crossways Retail Park. Around 100 people attended a public meeting in August 2008 to discuss the proposal. Concerns focused on the expected increase in traffic and impact on small shops in the village.

Despite the level of objections Caerphilly County Borough Council approved the application on Wednesday 11th February 2009. Please see article in campaignseries.co.uk, 11th February 2009 and an article on the 12th February 2009.

More than 1,500 people have signed a petition opposing plans to build a 371 sq m Tesco Express at the former Esplanade service station on Coast Road. A Tesco Extra opened in Rhuddlan Road in November 2008. Residents and traders feel the store would create huge traffic problems and congestion as well as draw away trade from existing businesses. Please see an article in the Daily Post, 25th November 2008.

At a planning committee meeting on the 21st January 2009 Councillors voted 22-1 to refuse the application. Reasons for refusal included traffic problems, disturbance to neighbours and impact on other local businesses. Please see an article in the Daily Post, 22nd January 2009.

Planning officers recommended Councillors refuse Tesco's application to shut its existing store and redevelop three smaller shops, one of them a Tesco Express on the grounds that it could harm trade in the main shopping centre. Please see a BBC article, 6th June 2009. Traders meanwhile fear Port Talbot will become a "ghost town" if the plans are allowed to go ahead. Please see an article in thisissouthwales.co.uk, 7th June 2009.

On the 10th June the planning committee refused Tesco's application. For further information please see an article on the BBC website, 10th June 2009.

Plans for a Tesco store in Newtown had been on hold since the end of 2006 when officials received a request to call in the application. The previous Tesco plans have been with the Welsh Assembly for 18-months. But plans finally went before councillors in October 2008 and the planning committee voted in favour of the application, and in November the Welsh Assembly also gave the application the green light - please see an article in the Shropshire Star, 24th November, 2008.

In December 2009, the BBC reported that Powys County Council is planning legal action to prevent Tesco opening before it has completed legally agreed road work. However, Tesco decided to delay its launch and open the store in February 2010.

Residents are opposing Tesco's plans for a new store in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Tesco wants to build a new store, double the size of the existing store, and on a new site just behind its present operation. Campaigners point to the fact that since the current Tesco store opened, a supermarket, three cafes, two garages and the only greengrocer have all closed.

Tesco held a public consultation on the proposals on 22nd and 23rd February 2008. For further information see coverage in the South Wales Guardian from January 2008. In April 2008 Tesco submitted a planning application.  Please read the response from Ammanford Chamber of Commerce. The deadline for objections was the 7th May and the plans can be viewed at http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/

In November 2008 Carmarthenshire Council's Planning Committee approved the application.

Residents campaigned against plans put forward by developers Henry Boot, which would include an Asda supermarket on the Cattle Market site, as it would be economically damaging to local shops and out of keeping with Abergavenny's traditional market town characteristics. The application was finally refused by Monmouthshire Council's Planning Committee in January 2007 after several attempts by the Council to get it through.

However, at the end of July 2009 the Abergavenny Chronicle reported that plans to build an Asda store on the site of  livestock market have been dropped by Monmouthshire County Council as it has decided not to continue with Henry Boot as the developer of the cattle market site in Abergavenny. 

In 2007 Tesco applied for an Express store in the village of Pontyclun, despite there already being a huge Tesco Extra store less than two miles away. Pontyclun currently has a good choice of existing shops including general stores, chemists, flower shops, butchers, bakers and a post office. Residents are concerned at the impact the Express store might have on Pontyclun.

A public meeting was held on January 24th 2007, and drew a large crowd of over 200 people, with the vast majority opposing the plans. Issues raised included the proximity to the local primary school, and the possible demise of a thriving improving area into another cloned centre - Pontyclone.

The Planning Committee considered the application on the 10th May 2007 and turned it down because of objections from the Highway's Department.  However, the Chair of the Committee announced that the developer had lodged an appeal with the Welsh Planning Inspectorate that same day, before the meeting, because the LPA had not given a decision in the statutory time (56 days from first application, 21 Dec 2006).  The developer's appeal of 10th May on non-determination has been upheld by the Welsh Office. The developer requested a Public Inquiry which was held in October 2007 - please see media coverage. In November the Planning Inspector ruled that the developer's, Beckerly Holdings, could now proceed on behalf of Tesco. Work on the store is expected to begin in the new year. Please see BBC coverage, 28.11.07 and the campaign website for more information.

Residents and shopkeepers of City Rd, Cardiff have launched a campaign to oppose plans for a new Tesco store on the road. The site for the proposed store is only a 3-4 minute stroll away from another Tesco in Albany Road and 8-10 minutes from another Tesco store in Salisbury Road. On 8th June 2007 Cardiff Council Licensing Department granted Tesco a License for City Road. Campaigners did manage to get two very small concessions - that deliveries would be at a reasonable time of day and not very early in the morning and that alcohol sales would not start until 8.00 P.M.
For further information see the local press coverage.

Swansea council negotiated for a deal, worth £11 m, to lease council land to Asda, replacing earlier plans for a bowling and leisure pavilion on the site. Asda then submitted a planning application. However, traders and shoppers say that the Asda store is not needed, and the Chamber of Trade campaigned against the plans. A petition of 5,200 names opposing the development was submitted to the council. In June 2007 a group of specialist consultants commissioned by Swansea Council to write a report on the plans backed campaigners and recommended that the council refuse plans for the new store. They warned the store could affect the health and well-being of the town. On 12th July 2007 Swansea Councillors turned down the application for a 50,000 sq ft Asda store because of fears about the negative impact on existing retailers. Following an appeal by Asda, the Planning Inspector also refused permission. For more information please see the local media coverage.

However, in 2009 Asda submitted an application to build a £25 million store in Gorseinon, saying that it has reviewed the inspector's report and believes it now has a proposal that addresses the concerns raised about the earlier application. For more information please see an article at thisissouthwales.co.uk, 7th January 2009.

The plans were approved by the planning committee on Thursday 20th August. Please see an article in thisissouthwales.co.uk, 17th August 2009. However, in April 2010 Asda had to put in a separate planning application for 34 signs around the site. Please see thisissouthwales.co.uk, 28th April 2010.

In 2005 Tesco submitted plans to move its existing town centre store to create a bigger store on the outskirts of Carmarthen, which would be the biggest Tesco store in Wales. Traders were concerned that they would lose business as shoppers would be lured out of town. Objectors included the Chamber of Commerce, Town Forum, Civic Society and local Friends of the Earth group. But the plans were approved in September 2005 in a close vote.