Last chance to object to Tesco in Stokes Croft - and all it takes is an email
Freeskilling | 06.09.2010 23:22
Tesco still don’t have full planning permission to open in Stokes Croft - but they have now applied for the final stage of planning permission.
*** You have until 14 September to formally object***
Come along to a letter-writing workshop for more information, moral support or help writing your objections to Bristol City Council
Three letter/email-writing workshops are being held this week:
Tuesday 7th September, 7-9pm
Better Food Company cafe, Sevier St, BS2 9QS
Thursday 9th September, 7-9pm
First floor, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
Friday 10th September, 2-5pm
First floor, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
Food campaigner Claire Milne will bring bring us up to speed with the latest update, and Elisabeth Winkler, editor and journalist, will be at hand to help phrase objections and compose letters.
We plan to email our objections to the Council there-and-then. Job done. If you have a laptop, please bring it along.
If you can't make it to a workshop, please take 2 minutes to go to http://notesco.wordpress.com/takeaction/ to check out a template letter, and email the council.
If you don’t want to see the proposed new Tesco opening on Stokes Croft, this is your chance to actually make your voice count.
See http://notesco.wordpress.com/ and http://www.tescopoly.org/ for more info.
• Tesco needs permission to change the shop front before they can open.
This is normally a formality, but given Stokes Croft and Montpelier’s unique character, the Council will have to take special consideration of the impact of a Tesco shop front on local business and heritage.
• Tesco also still needs to secure a license to sell alcohol.
Stokes Croft is an area with serious street drinking problems and local traders have agreed not to sell cheap, strong cider to help ease the problem – cheap Tesco alcohol would exacerbate existing problems
The two planning meetings are on 22 September for shop front and 30 September (likely but TBC) for alcohol. If you plan to speak at either of these, you need to have registered your objection in writing by 14 September
Please pass this email on and spread the word.
*** You have until 14 September to formally object***
Come along to a letter-writing workshop for more information, moral support or help writing your objections to Bristol City Council
Three letter/email-writing workshops are being held this week:
Tuesday 7th September, 7-9pm
Better Food Company cafe, Sevier St, BS2 9QS
Thursday 9th September, 7-9pm
First floor, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
Friday 10th September, 2-5pm
First floor, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
Food campaigner Claire Milne will bring bring us up to speed with the latest update, and Elisabeth Winkler, editor and journalist, will be at hand to help phrase objections and compose letters.
We plan to email our objections to the Council there-and-then. Job done. If you have a laptop, please bring it along.
If you can't make it to a workshop, please take 2 minutes to go to http://notesco.wordpress.com/takeaction/ to check out a template letter, and email the council.
If you don’t want to see the proposed new Tesco opening on Stokes Croft, this is your chance to actually make your voice count.
See http://notesco.wordpress.com/ and http://www.tescopoly.org/ for more info.
• Tesco needs permission to change the shop front before they can open.
This is normally a formality, but given Stokes Croft and Montpelier’s unique character, the Council will have to take special consideration of the impact of a Tesco shop front on local business and heritage.
• Tesco also still needs to secure a license to sell alcohol.
Stokes Croft is an area with serious street drinking problems and local traders have agreed not to sell cheap, strong cider to help ease the problem – cheap Tesco alcohol would exacerbate existing problems
The two planning meetings are on 22 September for shop front and 30 September (likely but TBC) for alcohol. If you plan to speak at either of these, you need to have registered your objection in writing by 14 September
Please pass this email on and spread the word.
Freeskilling
Original article on IMC Bristol:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/693374
