In April 2010 East Lindsey District Council's Planning Committee refused an application for a new store from Tesco. The application was refused after the committee heard objections about how the application would see the number of car parking spaces in the Market Place reduce from 13 to just five, and the negative effect this would have on other businesses in this area.

However, in June Tesco launched an appeal into the decision to refuse plans. According to an article at thisislincolnshire.co.uk, 8th June 2010 Tesco will also be speaking with the council to see if there is a way forward without the need of the appeal process by resubmitting revised plans.

An inquiry is expected to take place in September and a decision is expected to be made by the end of the year.

In 2009 Tesco bought  part of the H.A.T Reindeer Close industrial estate, off West Street, in Horncastle to create a replacement store for the town about twice the size of the current store. The plans first went on show in January 2010. Please see an article in Horncastle News, 28th January 2010

Previous plans for a new store were submitted to East Lindsey District Council in January 2004, but ran into complications with the Environment Agency and Highways Department.

Cunnane Town Planning submitted a planning application together with a supporting statement for determination by East Lindsey District Council. On 21st July 2010 the Horncastle News reported that Tesco has axed its plans to move to Horncastle and had withdrawn their application.

The Save Our Leek campaign was launched at a public meeting in February 2010 to oppose applications from Sainsbury's and Tesco. About 100 shopkeepers, residents and conservationists attended the meeting.

The group fears the arrival of Sainsbury's and Tesco could drive independent businesses to the wall and destroy the historic town centre. The proposals have also been opposed by the town's Civic Society and Chamber of Trade.

On the 15th April Staffordshire Moorlands District councillors voted unanimously to reject plans for the Tesco store off Buxton Road. Reasons for refusal included concerns that the Tesco store would draw trade away from the town centre and could lead to an increase in the number of empty shops. Planners maintained that Tesco had not fully explored alternative town centre locations. Please see an article at thisisstaffordshire.co.uk, 16th April 2010.

The scheme by Sainsbury's for the Churnet Works, Macclesfield Road, Leek, was set to go before Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in May but a meeting of the planning committee has been deferred until August as there "is a need to conduct further consultation with statutory consultees." Please see an article at thisisstaffordshire.co.uk, 14th May 2010.

Tesco has submitted plans to virtually double the size of its existing superstore in South Street  in the charming market town of Oakham (pop 1,400), the county seat of Rutland (pop 38,000).

Part of their proposed expansion intrudes upon a conservation area which includes a perfectly sound bungalow in a wooded area which they will destroy to create space for some of the 400 additional cars they anticipate attracting.

Residents have formed a pressure group to fight the proposals and handed a petition of 1,400 signatures to Rutland County Council on the 16th June 2010. Please see an article in the Rutland Times, 17th June 2010.

In 2010 a planning application to convert a site on Newark Road into a Tesco Express store has been submitted to City of Lincoln Council. The application includes a rear extension and a new ATM.

Local business owners and residents are concerned about traffic, noise and the impact on existing businesses. For more information please see an an article in the Lincolnshire Echo, 27th May 2010.

However, on 9th July 2010, the plans were approved and the store opened in early August.

Newcastle Borough Council has welcomed the decision to hold a public inquiry into Tesco's expansion plans at its Trent Vale store as it would affect Newcastle traders.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council approved the retail giant's planning application, against the advice of its own officers, in September but Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government John Denham has now announced there will be a public inquiry.

Tesco first submitted an application to increase its store size by three quarters, or 9,383 square metres, in August 2008. But the plans raised objections. Please see an article at thisisstaffordshire.co.uk, 4th February 2010 and thisisthesentinel.co.uk, 2nd February 2010.

Tesco is planning to build a 5,657 sq m, 24-hour Tesco superstore on the former Patco site in Kirkby.

However, on 20th January 2010 Tesco withdrew its application. Ashfield District Council's planning department was recommending refusal because of concerns the new store would threaten existing jobs at independent shops in the town centre. Please see an article at chad.co.uk, 20th January 2010.

Tesco is proposing a new 24 hour 4,000 sqm eco store opposite the existing Lidl supermarket in Station Road, as part of a redevelopment of land alongside the Erewash Canal. The proposal includes 380 car parking spaces, 8 home delivery van parking spaces and 8 x 100sqm units of non food retail. A public consultation was held on the 21st and 22nd October.

Many residents and shopkeepers are concerned by the plans and campaign group, called a Future for Sandiacre has been set up. Please see an article in the Ilkeston Advertiser, 29th October 2009 and thisisderbyshire.co.uk, 2nd November 2009.

In January 2010 the group commissioned a survey and more than 90% of those surveyed said they were against Tesco opening. Please see an article at thisisderbyshire.co.uk, 6th January 2010 and "Opposition grows to Sandiacre Tesco plan", 19th January 2010.

In February the planning officer's report was published and recommended the application was refused. On the 16th February Tesco withdrew its application.

Tesco plans to extend its Heanor store by almost half. The store is currently about 23,500 sq ft in size and if planning permission is granted, will be extended by approximately 10,900 sq ft. But there are fears that a larger store selling more products may take business away from smaller local traders, especially as the larger store will sell more non-food items such as clothes and electrical goods.

The level of consultation carried out before the application was submitted has also been criticised and a consultation was organised by Amber Valley Borough Council on 16th December. For more information please see an article a thisisderbyshire.co.uk, 3rd December 2009.

According to thisisderbyshire.co.uk, 17th December 2009, Tesco has said it would sell electrical goods in its store if it's granted permission for the extension, which has prompted more concerns about the impact of a larger store on existing retailers.

Belper Against a Tesco Superstore (BATS) campaign group was launched at a packed public meeting on 24th May 2007. Nearly 200 people attended the meeting to voice concerns over an anticipated planning application from Tesco.

Tesco invited residents and interested parties to a “community update” at Belper Town Football club at the end of July. BATS held its second public meeting on July 18th 2007 and its third public meeting on the 8th May 2008. In September 2008 BATS published the results of a survey it undertook to determine what residents would like to see the site used for. About 60% of residents wanted the site used for leisure facilities. For more information please see thisisderbyshire.co.uk 2nd September 2008.

Tesco exhibited its plans for the first time at a 3-day exhibition from 16th -18th July 2009. For further information please see an article in the Belper News, 7th July 2009 and an article at thisisderbyshire.co.uk, 11th July 2009.

Representatives from BATS interviewed people leaving the exhibition and found that 51% people were opposed to the development, 31% in favour and 18% undecided. BATS claimed the exhibition of the plans lacked substance and design sympathy. For more information please see Belper News, 29th July 2009 and "Tesco's plan is cause for concern at youth centre", 15th September 2009.

In October 2009 the Belper News ran a poll and three-quarters of those that voiced their opinion have said they're against the development.

Allenton in Derby still has a vibrant local shop based High Street. In 2005 local residents and traders mounted a campaign to stop Tesco taking over the site of the outdoor market and a nearby closed pub to build a new supermarket. Over 1,000 people signed a petition against proposals to demolish the pub and the adjoining market and houses in Whitehurst Street to make way for the supermarket. In February 2006 traders and shoppers protested against the plans.

In February 2010, thisisderbyshire.co.uk reported that Tesco is approaching Councillors and traders about its plans for a 60,000 sq ft store on the site. In May, Tesco held a public consultation about the plans for the new store.

The Ar Tarn Action Group has been set up to oppose plans for a supermarket which would involve the demolition of a factory and cottages in Desborough.

However, in September 2009 Kettering Council's executive committee decided not to refurbish the 200 year old factory building in Harborough Road. The council bought the former shoe factory for £2m in 2005 and since then there has been a debate about its future.

The action group have vowed to carry on the fight to save the factory and cottages from demolition. For more information please see an article in the Evening Telegraph, 23rd September 2009 and visit the campaign website.

Plans by Asda to erect a warehouse extensions at its Burringham Road store in Scunthorpe have met with opposition from residents who say they would generate noise and disturbance.

Asda has submitted a planning application but residents are concerned it will add to the current noise disturbance. For further information please see an article at thisisscunthorpe.co.uk, 14th October 2009.

A planning application has been lodged to build a One Stop store, which is part of a chain belonging to Tesco,  in Aylestone Lane, Wigston. Over 1,000 people have signed a petition against proposals because of concerns that the store would generate extra traffic and anti-social behaviour due to its alcohol licence as well as impacts on existing traders.

The planning application will be out for local consultation until Wednesday, September 9, and then the decision will go to a planning committee. For further information please see an article at thisisleicestershire.co.uk, 1st September 2009.

Coral Retail Projects Ltd has submitted plans to Charnwood Borough Council for a 372 sq m  Tesco Express store and 15 car parking spaces. The development would involve demolitioning St Winefrides Church Hall, in Garendon Road and building a new Express store.

The consultation period and deadline for comments ended on 9th September 2009.For further information please see an article in the Loughborough Echo, 11th August 2009.

The planning officer is recommending that Councillors refuse the application as it “does not address current issues of need,” adding that he was aware of “other more central sites” not covered in an assessment – carried out by Tesco – of other possible Shepshed sites. Please see an article in the Loughborough Echo, 11th September 2009.

However, in December it was reported that the owners of 25 Charnwood Road asked the Council to defer a decision while they produced plans to attract another retailer to Shepshed, arguing that their site would be nearer the town centre. Please see an article in the Loughborough Echo, 30th December 2009.

In February 2010 Charnwood Borough Council's planning committee approved the application.

Limes Developments Ltd have submitted an outline planning application to North Warwickshire Borough Council (NWBC) for a 1,000 square metre supermarket on the car park and former bowling green off Park Road in Coleshill.

Controversy has surrounded the development of the Park Road site since it was revealed that NWBC had negotiated the sale of the car park to Limes Developments Ltd who already owned the adjoining former Sons of Rest site. The sale was provisionally agreed in February 2008 with a 'conditional contract' under which the borough council would only receive payment if it gave planning consent for a supermarket.

In June 2008 at a public meeting, convened by local MP Mike O'Brien, local residents voted 182 to one against development of the site as a supermarket.

The plans can be viewed on the Council's website at www.northwarks.gov.uk/planningportal – the application reference is 2009/0154. For more information please see an article at thisistamworthtoday.co.uk, 6th May 2009.

Despite over 100 objections from local residents and Councillors the planning committee narrowly voted to grant planning permission to Tesco, to replace its existing store at Cannon Park with a new Tesco Extra,  providing it met conditions including providing community funding, traffic measures, and restricting the residential blocks to three stories at a meeting on the 29th January 2009.

Local residents are concerned traffic will clog up already congested roads and that the partial closing of De Montfort Way would force elderly and disabled residents to use a “dangerous” new walkway through an underground car park, as well as crossing six lanes of traffic. For more information please see an article in the Coventry Telegraph, 30th January 2009.

Residents have been calling for the decision to approve a new Tesco store in Sleaford to be reconsidered and for a parish poll to be conducted. North Kesteven District Council (NKDC) has given the go-ahead for the supermarket to be built on the former Advanta Seeds site and also approved associated applications for a new link road to cut across the Boston Road recreation ground and the redevelopment of the existing Tesco site in Northgate. For further information please see thisissleaford.co.uk, 1st July 2009.

In September 2009 Tesco submitted plans to turn the former Blue Pool pub in Sunny Hill into a Tesco Express store. Local residents are concerned about the impact on the existing smaller shops and feel the store is "surplus to requirements" as there is already an Asda and Somerfield close by. They are also concerned about the increased traffic.

Tesco has submitted six linked planning applications for minor alterations to Derby City Council. They include an application to make changes to the building's exterior by installing automatic doors, shutters, bollards and illuminated signs.

But Tesco does not need permission to change the use of the building, which  means residents have not had an opportunity to raise any objections to the scheme with Derby City Council, as no planning application had to be submitted. However, residents have succeeded in forcing a series of planning applications for minor alterations to be heard by councillors at a planning committee meeting. Normally, they would be decided by council officers alone. For more information please see an article at thisisderbyshire.co.uk, 2nd November 2009.

In the town of Beeston, on the outskirts of Nottingham, the local Broxtowe Green Party ran a campaign "Say No to Tesco" to oppose Tesco’s latest application (October 2008) for an extension to the planned store it gained consent to build in 2004. 

The application is for a superstore of 9185msq , an increase of 3785msq on the consented store and 440 car parking spaces.  This is for a town centre site.  Over the past few years the site has gradually become more derelict and is now a local eyesore, causing consternation amongst local councillors, residents and businesses.  The clearance of the site involved the demolition of several good quality and historic buildings including houses, the employment centre, the youth centre, a pub and the Beeston Old Boys Association.

Despite the opposition - the council received more than 560 objections to the plan, including a petition signed by 1,380 people -Councillors granted permission in June 2009. Building work on the new store commenced in February 2010. Please see an article at thisisnottingham.co.uk, 3rd February 2010.

East Staffordshire Borough Council pulled out of the negotiations with Tesco to build a 105,000sq ft megastore on the Bargates Riverside centre site in December, 2007.

In November 2008 the Council's planning committee unanimously rejected Tesco's plans to build nine retail units on the site because they were 'out of character' for the area. Members were particularly critical of the glass frontage proposed, saying it would be out of keeping with High Street's Victorian setting.

Seven reasons were given for refusal, including siting, design and external materials. For further information please see an article in the Burton Mail, 13th November 2008 and an article on the 18th November 2008.

In October 2009 Council officials  set out their plans for Bargates  and told site owner Tesco: “Like it or lump it.” Consultants will draw up three sets of plans for the site, then let the public decide which it likes best. The Council will then tell site owner Tesco it expects it to co-operate. And if it does not, the council will compulsarily purchase the site for £4 million. Please see an article in the Burton Mail, October 2009.

In Worksop, developers were working on a controversial double application which would see Tesco relocate to a new site, and a new leisure complex built for the town with Tesco money. The applications were originally tied to one another. Bassetlaw District Council then decided in July 2008 to separate the applications. Residents of Worksop are now concerned that the Tesco superstore will be built, but that the leisure complex will not go ahead. For further information about the situation in Worksop, see media coverage in The Star from 11th July 2008. See also Friends of the Earth's report Shopping the Bullies which discusses the development proposals in Worksop.

In July 2009 Tesco submitted plans to increase the size of the Clinton Maltings store by a third – from 45,000 square feet to 60,000 square feet. A two metre high fence currently surrounds the site for the store. More than 100 residents turned out to a public meeting in September 2009 to discuss the proposals. Residents were particularly concerned about highways issues. For more information please see an article in the Worksop Guardian, 25th September 2009.

On 30th December 2009, Councillors refused permission for "Vesuvius plan" - which included an Asda supermarket, a hotel, a new sports ground, a petrol station and space for further retail and business expansion.

In December 20008 councillors approved plans to build a Tesco store, and 10 flats, in a congested part of Barwell, near Barwell Junior School.

The plans had met with fierce opposition from residents particularly concerned about the traffic implications, and a campaign group Barwell Under Threat was established to oppose the plans. For further information please see an article in Hinckley Times, 19th December 2008.

In 2005, Tesco extended its superstore in the area to an Extra hypermarket. In 2007, Tesco requested planning permission to build a white cladding structure with freezer and chiller units and a docking station for internet shopping business. Residents are concerned about the additional disruption this will cause. Local residents have objected on the grounds of light pollution, noise pollution, air pollution and increased traffic. Tesco withdrew its application but re-submitted it in July 2007. Northampton Borough Council Planning Committee met on the 29th August 2007 and approved the application.

East Lindsey District Council has announced that a new supermarket is needed in Louth. In November 2008, Sainsbury's revealed plans for a new 25,000 sq ft store on land between Kiln Lane and Charles Street.

In October 2008 a new campaign group "Keep Louth Special" was launched to oppose selling off Louth's Cattle Market site for a new supermarket which it feels would destroy the town's unique collection of independent shops.

Please visit the campaign website and for further information, see articles in the Louth Leader, including articles on the Council's report and traders' reactions.

In November 2008, Sainsbury's revealed plans for a new supermarket.

In December 2009, East Lindsey District Council rejected Sainsbury's plans for a new 20,054 sq ft store on the grounds of flood risk and impact on the town centre. Please see an article in the Louth Leader, 18th December 2009.

Tesco has submitted plans to double the size of its store in Towcester. Planners at South Northamptonshire Council (SNC) have recommended approval despite objections from archaeologists and Towcester shopkeepers, who believe their businesses would be further threatened by the extension. For more information please see an article in the Northampton Chronicle, 5th December 2009.

History experts at Towcester and District Local History Society had revealed that 100 Roman coins and other items were found near the Old Tiffield Road site in 1864. They believed finding more items of national significance was highly likely and recommended that Tesco should be asked to withdraw the application pending archaeological works being carried out.

On the 10th December SNC granted permission but agreed to place conditions on the permission not to permit a pharmacy, key cutting and dry cleaning.  

In 2004 Morrisons submitted plans for a large regional distribution centre, of 75,000 sq m, to serve the south of England. The site was bound on 3 sides by residential properties and residents were worried that because of a lack of access into the M1, HGV traffic would need to travel cross country through towns and villages. Local people in the village of Barton Seagrave felt that the car park would be accessed through the village, and set up a campaigning group Barton Seagrave Action Group. The campaign sent in 1000 objection letters, demonstrated at the Council officers and had 300 people turn up for the Planning Committee meeting. Opposition was coordinated through the Parish Council. The application was rejected, but Morrisons appealed and submitted new plans and the distribution centre opened in October 2005.