Unofficial Tesco Meeting

A quick response check the date and the meeting is tonight at 8pm at the Old Rose and Crown.

I'm a little concerned over the quotes

"There is no need for another big food store in Stourport"

according to the local growth plan there is.

"The noise, the air pollution and the extra traffic will be terrible"

according to the supporting documentation (at least for the previous application) it's within limits.

Simply stating X or Y is pointless when documentation has already been provided to refute those statements. The documentation has to be shown to be wrong or inaccurate, either in its scope or through its assumptions.

I've already pointed out for the previous documents that the traffic levels seem to be calculated on an individual junction basis without consideration of one feeding into another; that the sound levels in Discovery Road seem to be based solely on anticipated traffic patterns heading to the supermarket and don't include either the new housing estate or people using it as a by-pass; and that the local plan clearly states that the site that Tesco wants to build an A1 size building on has been assigned for B and C size/type.

You can't fight with 'I think it's going to cause traffic problems' when they've already 'shown' it won't.

I've tagged some of my older posts that might be relevant with Tesco, just click on the right.

I hope to attend.