tesco battle

[Massimo]

11 Aug 09, 6:13pm (about 8 hours ago)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/10/tesco-planning-superstore-independent-shops?commentid=b733d2e9-9105-499a-97f9-951eec508784

Have you thought of putting your case to the Secretary of State (or
whoever is the equivalent in Wales) and demanding that (s)he 'calls in'
the application for his/her own decision? If you can undermine the Tesco
case and sustain the argument that the local authority is too weak /
scared / under-resourced to fight, but would probably refuse if they
could then there is a chance that you would get such a 'call-in'. Then
there would be a public inquiry but (as I understand it - and I'm not a
lawyer) the local authority would not be liable for costs.



Edwards Michael wrote:
> Dear Samer and others in PNUK
>
> I just read a Monbiot article in the Guardian which is a compelling
> case against a threatened Tesco at Machynlleth. The LPA said to be too
> weak or so scared of costs that they would not dare reject the
> application.
>
> I posted a suggestion that they should try and get a call-in.
>
> But can anyone with a more up-to-date planning law/procedure knowledge
> help???  It's at 
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/10/tesco-planning-superstore-independent-shops
>
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