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Shrewsbury Tesco offers to save banks in expansion plans

Supermarket Tesco, which wants to extend its controversial Extra store in Shrewsbury by a third, today said it had offered to save four banks under threat because of the scheme.


Tesco U-turn over Whitchurch plans

Tesco today performed a U-turn over its plans to redevelop its existing supermarket in Whitchurch and revealed it could go back to the drawing board for the site.


250 comments over Whitchurch Tesco plan

Residents in Whitchurch have been inundating planning officers with comments about controversial plans by Tesco to create a store and redevelop its existing one in the town.


Tesco is boosting Ellesmere, say town businesses

Ellesmere is a town that wants its Tesco supermarket, it was claimed today.


Use of floor space crucial to Shrewsbury Tesco decision

A decision on how floor space is divided between food and non-food items will be crucial in determining Tesco’s latest bid to expand its Shrewsbury store, it was claimed today.


Tesco officials can expect grilling at Shrewsbury meeting

Letter: Tesco officials are expected to face a grilling over the company’s controversial plans to expand the size of its Shrewsbury store at a public meeting tonight.


Bank chiefs ‘in dark’ over Tesco expansion

Bosses at bank branches in Shrewsbury under threat due to plans by Tesco to extend its Extra store in the town today said they had not been told about the scheme.


Tesco’s plan to expand Shrewsbury store

SUPERMARKET GIANT Tesco wants to expand its Shrewsbury store – just months after winning approval to increase its non-grocery space after flouting planning rules for three years.


Former Shrewsbury Tesco site sold to developers

Shrewsbury’s former Tesco site, which has been lying empty for four years, has been snapped up in a multi-million pound deal, it was announced today.


Tesco’s £500,000 offer to Whitchurch in planning battle

Supermarket giant Tesco will hand over £500,000 to Whitchurch if controversial plans to build a store on the outskirts of the town get the go-ahead, it was today revealed.


Newtown Tesco jobs advertised in Slovakia

Jobs at a Mid Wales supermarket are being advertised in Slovakia.


Tesco’s leaflet campaign to help Welshpool

Leaflets are to be given to shoppers at Welshpool’s new Tesco store to encourage them to visit the town centre.


Welshpool Tesco prepares for grand opening

Work on Welshpool’s new multi-million pound Tesco supermarket was completed today. The store is due to open to the public on March 14.


Worries Ludlow Tesco parking fees could catch out shoppers

Fears have arisen that shoppers in Ludlow could be caught out after a town supermarket re-introduced charges after almost a year of free parking.


1,400 sign against Whitchurch Tesco plan

About 1,400 people have signed a petition against controversial plans by Tesco to build a new store in Whitchurch, as the first glimpses of the scheme went on public view.


Hundreds apply for Welshpool Tesco jobs

Up to 600 people applied for the 189 jobs at Welshpool’s new 24-hour Tesco store, bosses revealed today.


1,200 oppose Tesco’s Whitchurch plans

Campaigners fighting Tesco’s plans for a new out-of-town store in Whitchurch have collected about 1,200 names on a petition.


Four offers for former Tesco site in Shrewsbury

Council chiefs today said they have received four separate offers for a multi-million pound site in Shrewsbury earmarked for more than 100 homes.


Shrewsbury Tesco wants longer opening hours

Shrewsbury’s Tesco Extra store could soon be allowed to trade for an additional two hours – until midnight on a Saturday night – if a new licensing bid is approved by council planners.


Tesco not interested in Whitchurch town centre site

Supermarket giant Tesco today dismissed calls to expand its existing town centre store in Whitchurch saying there are “too many constraints”.


‘Ghost Town’ fears over Tesco’s Whitchurch plans

Businesspeople in Whitchurch have called on supermarket giant Tesco to rethink controversial plans for a new out-of-town store amid fears it would render the centre a “ghost town”.


Welshpool Tesco job applicants must go online

Hundreds of Welshpool residents hoping to secure one of 200 jobs at the town’s new Tesco store before Christmas will need to go online to apply.


Letter: Time to abolish planning rules?

Letter: The decision to allow Tesco to continue selling non-grocery items in its store was recently described as “shambolic” by protesters, as reported in the Star and other press.


Former Shrewsbury Tesco land on sale for £4m

A multi-million pound site in Shrewsbury earmarked for more than 100 homes has been put for sale on the open market after lying vacant for nearly four years.


Letter: Shropshire planners were incompetent over Tesco

Letter: I refer to the excellent letters by Andy Boddington of the CPRE, Shropshire, and others on the gross incompetence of Shropshire Council planning committee in dealing with the Tesco breach of planning permission at the Harlescott store.


Letter: Shropshire Council is without conviction over planning rules

Letter: In allowing Tesco to get away with its breach of planning permission at its Harlescott store, Shropshire Council has shown it is without courage, conviction and commitment in planning.


Oswestry Tesco store award move ‘flawed’

Campaigners claimed today a points system used to recommend which Oswestry supermarket bid should go ahead was “seriously flawed”.


Tesco could get Oswestry store go-ahead

Tesco could be given the green light to build a new supermarket in Oswestry after the store giant emerged as the leading contender, ahead of three rival development bids in the town.


Shrewsbury Tesco decision ‘shambolic’

A decision to allow supermarket giant Tesco to increase the amount of space it uses for non-grocery goods at one of its Shropshire stores was today labelled as “shambolic”.


Council gives in to Tesco over Shrewsbury store application

Supermarket giant Tesco was today given permission to increase the amount of space it can use for clothes and household goods at its Shrewsbury Extra store – despite breaching planning regulations for the past three years.

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