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New Tesco may close other shops
7:31am Thursday 7th August 2008
PLANS for a new Tesco store in Bourne End look set to be rejected due to the affect it will have on other traders.
The supermarket want to build an Express store and four flats in The Parade, Bourne End.
But officers at Wycombe District Council have recommended the plans be rejected at next Wednesday's development control committee.
Although the final decision will be made by councillors.
Officers said there is no need for the Tesco store and that other shops in the area may have to close if permission was granted.
A new small Sainsbury's store has also already been given the go-ahead in Parade Court, Bourne End.
The report to the committee said: "The cumulative impact of the proposed development along with the permitted retail development could result in the closure of existing stores in the District Centre which is likely to have an adverse impact on the vitality and viability of the Bourne End Local District Centre."
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Tardis, Princes Risborough, Bucks says...
8:53am Thu 7 Aug 08
CJ, says...
9:32am Thu 7 Aug 08
Reads2much, London says...
9:36am Thu 7 Aug 08
BT1, thinking of ways to meet sr. says...
9:39am Thu 7 Aug 08
Tardis seems to have his/her head screwed on right.
Me, I grow my own veg and fruit. I raise chickens and ducks and can make a meal from almost anything. Living in the poorest and most desalate parts of the world (and now Wycombe) has taught me self sufficiency and preservation and made me appreciate what is available.
Wycombe Live, Shop, Work, High Wycombe says...
9:41am Thu 7 Aug 08
smokey, high wycombe says...
9:50am Thu 7 Aug 08
Tescos is a large greedy patronising mosnter and anyone who thinks that they care about the "ordinary person" needs to think again. ALL they care about is profit and they do not care who they damage on the way.
Vile firm.
erm, ermsville says...
10:03am Thu 7 Aug 08
Tardis, Princes Risborough, Bucks says...
10:42am Thu 7 Aug 08
BT1 wrote:Thanks BT1- too many 'thinking' people have too much time on their hands (and minds) and get off telling the rest of us how we should live. I would love to keep chickens but thought this was illegal in domestic gardens for some reason?
Its all about freedom of choice. Build the store and give the people the choice. I expect however, that they will shop with their heads, not their hearts. Which is why the larger, potentially cheaper store will win out. Tardis seems to have his/her head screwed on right. Me, I grow my own veg and fruit. I raise chickens and ducks and can make a meal from almost anything. Living in the poorest and most desalate parts of the world (and now Wycombe) has taught me self sufficiency and preservation and made me appreciate what is available.
here-we-go-again, wycombe says...
10:58am Thu 7 Aug 08
smokey, high wycombe says...
11:31am Thu 7 Aug 08
Tardis wrote:it is possible to think and be busy at the same time.
BT1 wrote: Its all about freedom of choice. Build the store and give the people the choice. I expect however, that they will shop with their heads, not their hearts. Which is why the larger, potentially cheaper store will win out. Tardis seems to have his/her head screwed on right. Me, I grow my own veg and fruit. I raise chickens and ducks and can make a meal from almost anything. Living in the poorest and most desalate parts of the world (and now Wycombe) has taught me self sufficiency and preservation and made me appreciate what is available.Thanks BT1- too many 'thinking' people have too much time on their hands (and minds) and get off telling the rest of us how we should live. I would love to keep chickens but thought this was illegal in domestic gardens for some reason?
Sorry i do not buy into this power for the people c**p. You get what you pay for - Tesco will get the monopoly in all areas and then it will be too late. Prices for erubbish food will go up.
I would rather be a thinking person with a conscience than a drone in Tescos empire. :)
sr, dating hotline says...
11:57am Thu 7 Aug 08
BT1 wrote:maybe you could fry me one of your duck eggs and meet me at the Co-Op, where I will have the mouldy bread waiting to make us a sandwich?
Its all about freedom of choice. Build the store and give the people the choice. I expect however, that they will shop with their heads, not their hearts. Which is why the larger, potentially cheaper store will win out. Tardis seems to have his/her head screwed on right. Me, I grow my own veg and fruit. I raise chickens and ducks and can make a meal from almost anything. Living in the poorest and most desalate parts of the world (and now Wycombe) has taught me self sufficiency and preservation and made me appreciate what is available.
tom, marlow says...
12:16pm Thu 7 Aug 08
But then again the company pays a lot of money into the Labour Party coffers
Maybe it does, but I seem to recall it was a member of the Cohen family and a major shareholder who was behind the Westminster gerrymandering scandal in the 1980s. She was surcharged several million punds by the audit commission and chose to flee the country rather than pay. These are the people behind Tesco.
smokey, high wycombe says...
12:36pm Thu 7 Aug 08
Tharus Bond, Wycombe says...
1:01pm Thu 7 Aug 08
s fresher chickens, I won't be buying meat from them in the future! I'd rather go to a butchers!
James Cox, London says...
2:06pm Thu 7 Aug 08
George - Wycombe, says...
12:19am Fri 8 Aug 08
There is no legal reason for the council to refuse Tesco, it is just 'Bloody Mindedness'.
I have always found Bourne End a dire place to shop, it is about time the area was dragged screaming into the 21st century.
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Lib/Lab Watch, Watching Left Wing Nutters says...
7:34am Thu 7 Aug 08
Theyre corporate bullies whose lawyers are paid a lot of money for the company to get its own way all the time - its about time that Tesco was broken up like BT for being too big a company!
But then again the company pays a lot of money into the Labour Party coffers!