Tesco Leaflet - Whittlesey

There is a Tesco leaflet being distributed in Whittlesey at the moment.  I don't know how many people will receive it, so I was going to publish it when I got a chance - but it is probably just as easy top link to the Cambs Times article about it, which is here.

I would add the same qualifier as I have done when I linked to the Sainsbury report over transport access to Station Road, that this is one side of the argument.  In particular, there has been some dispute about the legality of removing planning permission on a site that is in a separate location to the current planning application.

I am still distributing a supermarket survey around Whittlesey North, I am getting about a 12% return rate which is perfectly acceptable.  I will summarise the findings so far over the next week or so.

Possible Impact of Tesco on Station Road

I was sent a document last night prepared by Vectos, who are the highways consultants who act on behalf of Sainsbury.  The document was intended to inform the review of the impact of any Supermarket on Station Road and, in effect, challenge its viability because of that.

Vectos have given me permission to publish that document on my blog for discussion.  It contains some serious issues, including highlighting potential queues of up to 400m on Saturdays at Station Road level crossing.  A word of caution - because it is a representative of Sainsbury challenging Tesco - but it seems to be based on factual evidence and, as such, is worthy of debate, which is why I have mentioned it.

The document can be accessed here.

Tesco interest in Whittlesey

The fact that Tesco are looking to develop a store in Whittlesey to the North of the New Queen Street Surgery has finally been made public. It makes life quite interesting, there are now two potential supermarket sites in the Town. They are quite different applications which potentially offer different benefits. I obviously cannot comment on what the final planning decision will be.

It is worth stressing that, despite rumours to the contrary, if this site is developed we will not end up without a Fire Station - Tesco have pledged to build a new one.

It is sad that this is announced at the same time that Costmill announce that they are to close. Costmill have been around for as long as I can remember and there are things about it that are unique - such as that it is the only place I know where you can still buy individual screws.