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Why SNOTT?
In September 2011 Tesco submitted plans for an even bigger store, than their medium proposal,of summer 2011. Nearly 2000 signatures were collected by a “save your local shops” campaign but these were for a medium sized store. SNOTT now has a fight on to defend a listed building, green space and local shops against a corporate machine. So why do we oppose the store?
1)18000 extra cars per week will visit the store and cause chaos on the roads. There will be 467 car parking spaces.
2)Resulting job losses in local shops, possibly even pubs. It will not create any ‘new’ jobs for Leeds, this is a myth. And if it was 200 full time jobs then it would cost tesco at least £2.7M* a year in wages
3)The store is far too big and out of character with the area.
3)The store wants 24hr opening and 24hr deliveries unlike the 8am-8pm with the medium sized store.
4)Tesco already has 30% of the grocery market and has several stores within the area.
5)Listed buildings will be damaged, including damage to largest existing Mill pond in the UK.
6)The area already has a Asda, Sainsburys and numerous others within 4 miles of the site.
7)The store height will now be 16m rather than 6m.
8)The extra pollution and impact on climate has not been properly assessed.
9)Tesco uses tax havens to avoid paying tax
* (37.5hr x 200 staff) x 52.1 weeks = 390750 hrs
Using a conservative estimate and assuming most staff will be on minimum wage means the average wage would be about £7 per hour. 390750 hrs x 7 = £2735250
In September 2011 Tesco submitted plans for an even bigger store, than their medium proposal,of summer 2011. Nearly 2000 signatures were collected by a “save your local shops” campaign but these were for a medium sized store. SNOTT now has a fight on to defend a listed building, green space and local shops against a corporate machine. So why do we oppose the store?
1)18000 extra cars per week will visit the store and cause chaos on the roads. There will be 467 car parking spaces.
2)Resulting job losses in local shops, possibly even pubs. It will not create any ‘new’ jobs for Leeds, this is a myth. And if it was 200 full time jobs then it would cost tesco at least £2.7M* a year in wages
3)The store is far too big and out of character with the area.
3)The store wants 24hr opening and 24hr deliveries unlike the 8am-8pm with the medium sized store.
4)Tesco already has 30% of the grocery market and has several stores within the area.
5)Listed buildings will be damaged, including damage to largest existing Mill pond in the UK.
6)The area already has a Asda, Sainsburys and numerous others within 4 miles of the site.
7)The store height will now be 16m rather than 6m.
8)The extra pollution and impact on climate has not been properly assessed.
9)Tesco uses tax havens to avoid paying tax
* (37.5hr x 200 staff) x 52.1 weeks = 390750 hrs
Using a conservative estimate and assuming most staff will be on minimum wage means the average wage would be about £7 per hour. 390750 hrs x 7 = £2735250
News
HOW TO OBJECT Santon Developments Ltd. POSTERS
10/11/11 Leeds City Council Planning Panel (West) met and discussed various planning position. The store will have a floor space of 9317 m2 and 4907 m2 of net sales floor space. The previous application had 2321 m2 of sales space.
“There will be a significant loss of trees, bushes and shrubs from the site”
“These applications are for conversion of some of the listed buildings for residential developments. A previous application gave consent for demolition of some of the buildings within the grounds of these listed buildings with none of them listed in their own right. This consent includes an additional 5 buildings to be demolished and a further two which are listed (7 in total)”
“Proposed store is large and involves widening of the Rind Road to three lanes encroaching on present ‘grazing’ land (involving removal of trees and bushes). Is an out of town store and inappropriate development in this area” (said Leeds Civic Trust)
“So far there have 12 objections from the public details of which will be detailed in a subsequent panel report when a recommendation is to be considered. There have also been 261 standard objection letters and a petition with 140 signatures. There have been 84 standard letters of support submitted via the applicant agents, details of which will be detailed in a subsequent Panel report when a recommendation is to be considered”
“Following the review of the UDP in 2006, this policy and site allocation remains unchanged. This policy states that the maximum size if a supermarket on the site should not exceed 24990 square feet which was the proposed floor space for the reserve matters application that was approved early on this year.”
So will the council change the Unitary Development Plan? It would appear 12 objections were either non-sensical or offensive. All the letters of support are simply the postcards tesco told people to sign. Not one single person has yet handwritten or emailed or made an online submission of a bespoke support letter!
Therefore is 400 objections to this store. When will the planners listen?
“There will be a significant loss of trees, bushes and shrubs from the site”
“These applications are for conversion of some of the listed buildings for residential developments. A previous application gave consent for demolition of some of the buildings within the grounds of these listed buildings with none of them listed in their own right. This consent includes an additional 5 buildings to be demolished and a further two which are listed (7 in total)”
“Proposed store is large and involves widening of the Rind Road to three lanes encroaching on present ‘grazing’ land (involving removal of trees and bushes). Is an out of town store and inappropriate development in this area” (said Leeds Civic Trust)
“So far there have 12 objections from the public details of which will be detailed in a subsequent panel report when a recommendation is to be considered. There have also been 261 standard objection letters and a petition with 140 signatures. There have been 84 standard letters of support submitted via the applicant agents, details of which will be detailed in a subsequent Panel report when a recommendation is to be considered”
“Following the review of the UDP in 2006, this policy and site allocation remains unchanged. This policy states that the maximum size if a supermarket on the site should not exceed 24990 square feet which was the proposed floor space for the reserve matters application that was approved early on this year.”
So will the council change the Unitary Development Plan? It would appear 12 objections were either non-sensical or offensive. All the letters of support are simply the postcards tesco told people to sign. Not one single person has yet handwritten or emailed or made an online submission of a bespoke support letter!
Therefore is 400 objections to this store. When will the planners listen?
How to object?
A provisional deadline is the 8th December but it is believed this deadline will push into 2012.
1)Send a letter to Mrs. Carol Cunningham, Leeds City Council, Department of Planning
The Leonardo Building, Rossington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 8HD. quoting the planning application reference 11/03820/FU They have to scan in all correspondence received so a nice SNOTT logo and or “leedssnott@yahoo.co.uk” will be useful.
2)Go online with Leeds Planning Portal (It may only work on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer) and type in “11/03820/FU”. You will need to register if want to leave comments via the online portal.
3)Potentially email the Leeds planning department.
A provisional deadline is the 8th December but it is believed this deadline will push into 2012.
1)Send a letter to Mrs. Carol Cunningham, Leeds City Council, Department of Planning
The Leonardo Building, Rossington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 8HD. quoting the planning application reference 11/03820/FU They have to scan in all correspondence received so a nice SNOTT logo and or “leedssnott@yahoo.co.uk” will be useful.
2)Go online with Leeds Planning Portal (It may only work on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer) and type in “11/03820/FU”. You will need to register if want to leave comments via the online portal.
3)Potentially email the Leeds planning department.
LINKS
http://www.tescopoly.org/
“Tesco now controls over 30% of the grocery market in the UK. In 2010, the supermarket chain announced profits of £3.4bn. Growing evidence indicates that Tesco's success is partly based on trading practices that are having serious consequences for suppliers, farmers and workers worldwide, local shops and the environment.”
http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/targets/2
“Tesco control 30% of the UK grocery market and have over 2,000 stores in the UK. In 2010 they made a profit of £3.4bn, yet they will still go to great lengths to avoid paying tax. Using complex legal structures Tesco has avoided stamp duty land tax to the tune of £90-£100m and £23m in stamp duty.Tesco has its headquarters in the sleepy Hertfordshire town of Cheshunt. Something else that you can find there is Cheshunt Overseas, a limited liability partnership that has enabled Tesco to avoid £16m in tax through overseas business rules.”
http://www.tescopoly.org/
“Tesco now controls over 30% of the grocery market in the UK. In 2010, the supermarket chain announced profits of £3.4bn. Growing evidence indicates that Tesco's success is partly based on trading practices that are having serious consequences for suppliers, farmers and workers worldwide, local shops and the environment.”
http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/targets/2
“Tesco control 30% of the UK grocery market and have over 2,000 stores in the UK. In 2010 they made a profit of £3.4bn, yet they will still go to great lengths to avoid paying tax. Using complex legal structures Tesco has avoided stamp duty land tax to the tune of £90-£100m and £23m in stamp duty.Tesco has its headquarters in the sleepy Hertfordshire town of Cheshunt. Something else that you can find there is Cheshunt Overseas, a limited liability partnership that has enabled Tesco to avoid £16m in tax through overseas business rules.”