Still time to stop Tesco in Stokes Croft
Elisabeth Winkler | 19.11.2010 08:22
Writing to Chief Planner and Rally at Council House Wed 8 December
The No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaign has successfully kept the empire-building Tesco out of our community for a year.
There are two more ways to help the campaign. Read on...
Reputed to be the last high street in the UK not to have corporate retailer, Stokes Croft has made it clear it wants to stay that way.
Campaigning by the No Tesco in Stokes Croft and a fiercely active community has kept the multinational out of Stokes Croft for a year.
Tesco did not get full planning permission on 22 September 2010, an historic community day which saw over 200 protestors fill the Council chambers.
Nor did Tesco get an alcohol license for its proposed store in Stokes Croft, thanks to hundreds of letters of objection sent to Bristol City Council.
The community’s objections were supported by the police who argued that another retailer selling (cheap) alcohol in the area would increase existing problems of "pre-loading" and street drinking.
Two more ways to take action
1. WRITE / EMAIL Bristol City Council about two vital planning issues before 7 December
a) Noise
Tesco's recent noise report is wholly inaccurate and misleading. Tesco cannot comply with the Council's noise conditions.
b) Traffic
Because goods are delivered "just-in-time" from centralised depots, a Tesco Express (by Tesco's own reckoning) would get 6 deliveries a day, 42 a week. These would block the cycle path, bus stop and two pedestrian crossings on either side.
No Tesco in Stokes Croft has a detailed template letter at http://notesco.wordpress.com/take-action-2/no-tesco-tem...tter/. Please copy, paste, add your address and personalise.
Email: nigel.butler AT bristol.gov.uk (CC: rachel.h.bibb AT gmail.com so campaigners have a copy) or write to: Nigel Butler, Development Management, City Development, Bristol City Council, Brunel House, St, George’s Road, Bristol BS1 5UY.
2) Plan to attend the Council meeting to find out if these objections have been heard - it will be another historic day for the community.
Wednesday 8 December 2010 at 2pm at the Bristol City Council, College Green.
http://www.NoTescoInStokesCroft.org.uk
The No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaign has successfully kept the empire-building Tesco out of our community for a year.
There are two more ways to help the campaign. Read on...
Reputed to be the last high street in the UK not to have corporate retailer, Stokes Croft has made it clear it wants to stay that way.
Campaigning by the No Tesco in Stokes Croft and a fiercely active community has kept the multinational out of Stokes Croft for a year.
Tesco did not get full planning permission on 22 September 2010, an historic community day which saw over 200 protestors fill the Council chambers.
Nor did Tesco get an alcohol license for its proposed store in Stokes Croft, thanks to hundreds of letters of objection sent to Bristol City Council.
The community’s objections were supported by the police who argued that another retailer selling (cheap) alcohol in the area would increase existing problems of "pre-loading" and street drinking.
Two more ways to take action
1. WRITE / EMAIL Bristol City Council about two vital planning issues before 7 December
a) Noise
Tesco's recent noise report is wholly inaccurate and misleading. Tesco cannot comply with the Council's noise conditions.
b) Traffic
Because goods are delivered "just-in-time" from centralised depots, a Tesco Express (by Tesco's own reckoning) would get 6 deliveries a day, 42 a week. These would block the cycle path, bus stop and two pedestrian crossings on either side.
No Tesco in Stokes Croft has a detailed template letter at http://notesco.wordpress.com/take-action-2/no-tesco-tem...tter/. Please copy, paste, add your address and personalise.
Email: nigel.butler AT bristol.gov.uk (CC: rachel.h.bibb AT gmail.com so campaigners have a copy) or write to: Nigel Butler, Development Management, City Development, Bristol City Council, Brunel House, St, George’s Road, Bristol BS1 5UY.
2) Plan to attend the Council meeting to find out if these objections have been heard - it will be another historic day for the community.
Wednesday 8 December 2010 at 2pm at the Bristol City Council, College Green.
http://www.NoTescoInStokesCroft.org.uk
Elisabeth Winkler
Original article on IMC Bristol:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/700264