Tea Party Protest at Tesco's Stokes Croft, Bristol - Legal challenge Wednesday over planning award

Campaigners won right to appeal - to be heard in Cardiff on 15 June 2011

http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/704709

No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaigners have won the right to appeal against the decision to deny them a judicial review into the granting of planning permission for Tesco, Cheltenham Road - to be heard in Cardiff on June 15.

The No Tesco Tea Party on June 13 will show support for the democratic process with tea, cakes, music and the campaign's trade-mark family-friendly carnival atmosphere.

The Appeal's focus includes the failure to consider a traffic impact assessment [3-6] in the year-long planning process that led - despite huge public opposition - to Tesco opening in Cheltenham Road on 16 April.

No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaigners also wants to know why an expensive and democratic action plan to protect local shops from food multiples was deemed immaterial by planners.

"We are saddened that the Council can't yet understand that our actions in championing local plans are actually a way of supporting local authorities in their current struggle with national planning laws," says a campaign spokesperson.

The store was closed for a month after its windows were broken and signs dismantled in the early hours of Good Friday, 22 May. No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaigner and local councillor, Gus Hoyt, is calling for an inquiry into why violence broke out that night.

http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/704709

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[TheGISAMURAI]

@jhjyjfg Well said. The alleged impact on local shops is a joke of an argument, most of the shops in the immediate surrounding area are not in direct competition with Tesco - bike shop, cafes, bars, brothels - Boston Tea Party is more of a threat! And even then if the community don't want it as we are endlessly told then how is there a problem? Its only if the community shop there that local shops would be harmed. PRSC just wanted the building for "the local artists", i.e. them and their mates.

[jhjyjfg]

What are these peoples problems? What impact on what shops? Half of the area is derelict as you can see on the footage, in my opinion the protesters are just middle class students most likely being led on by left wing tutors and squatters. Prior to Tesco the choice was frankly crap around here. The problem with this minority is that they're far more vocal than people who actually want it, and willing to resort to violence as has been seen. and as for PRSC....!