Tesco and Aldi object to planning bid for Lidl food retail in Edinburgh Way
News / Fri 8th Jan 2021 at 11:36am
TWO major food outlets have tabled objections to a bid for planning permission in Edinburgh Way.
The application site comprises part of the former Toys “R” Us unit to the western end of the Queensgate Centre, comprising a retail park circa 1.5km from Harlow town centre. Other retailers and a number of leisure and restaurant uses.
The full application can be found here
- Summary of Representations Received
- An objection has been received on behalf of Aldi stores concerned at the retail impact and cumulative impact of the proposed use combined with the permission granted for the “Food Warehouse” at Unit 5, The Oaks Retail Park.
- An objection has been received on behalf of Tesco store concerned that the Retail Impact and Cumulative impact tests have not been carried out correctly. Specifically, that there is a lack of a proper ‘cumulative assessment’ of impact to include the recent Food Warehouse opening. The applicants have listed Food Warehouse as an existing store making a claim against available expenditure but that is not how it should be done. Were a ‘cumulative assessment’ undertaken adopting the applicant’s consultants ‘simplistic approach’ one gets a 10% impact on food and convenience retailing in the town centre. This is not a matter that the Council’s Retail Impact Assessment Reviewer explored in their recent response.
The item will be debated at the next Harlow Council planning committee meeting on Wednesday January 13th at 7.30pm on their YouTube channel.
Peter buxcey
2021-11-27 19:58:10
Scared of competition bugger tesco and aldi customer is king people will shop where there is best value
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