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Cheadle and Gatley Lib Dems are moving
Tesco writes to councillors about new Gatley store
by Lib Dem team on 19 March, 2011
Local councillors have received a letter from Tesco about the store being built at the Red Lion on Church Road.
Feel free to post your comments – I’ll answer as best I can or contact Tesco for answers as needed.
Iain
You’ll recall I was at the Tatton planning inquiry and spoke in favour of that scheme. I welcome the competition that Tesco will bring to the Co-op’s previous convenience store monopoly in Gatley. I’m sure it will prove to be a boon to the area and, hopefully, provides a spark for some regeneration of the increasingly dismal Church Road. Local small traders have a great opportunity to “do a Heald Green” and show how they can compete with two national convenience store chains.
On a personal level, the Tatton development would have been more convenient for me to shop but I can see how the location at the other end of Church Road may well bring in new customers from the Hollyhedge Road.
(As a complete aside, your spam “Captcha” seems to be getting increasingly difficult to read. Unless it’s just me)
I am not exactly against the Tesco store, but rather more anxious about Tesco’s increasing proliferation. Will there be parking facilities? It’s a busy spot just at that point, with the bus stops and the offshoot road at Stonepail.
I also find some of the encoded words difficult to decipher by the way.
I have no concerns re the Tesco store and the Co-Operative who are refurbishing there store seem confident they can compete and we may have access to another ATM which i am suer a lot of resident will be glad of.
I am however concerned at the rumours that another coffee bar is to open in the village (Costa Coffee).I do hope this is not true as the small cafes in the village will struggle to compete. I am aware there is one in Cheadle but the fact is that our local cafes rely mainly on locals and Cheadle has a larger Shopping area
Tesco,the Co-operative Costa Coffee have the money to risk on new ventures our small businesses need to be protected if this is possible.
The Tesco letter highlights job creation, deterrents to anti-social behaviour, minimal deliveries, community fundraising and the benefits to non-drivers.
It is a pity that these positives seemed to escape the attention of the Conservative councillor who vociferously opposed a similar development at the Tatton site.
I am pleased that Tesco are coming – just at the wrong end of Gatley for elderly non-drivers who live north of Gatley Road.
I am also in favour of Costa – if the independents are good enough they will stay in business.
Why not ask Tesco to help with the refurbishment of the clock tower opposite Horse & Farrier?
Good idea, Phil.
The clock tower is a registered war memorial and one of the two symbols of the community’s remembrance of its dead from the Great War.
The refurbishment should be a non-partisan matter but it’s disapppointing to see it’s now become a matter of party political electioneering. Tesco may want nowt to do with that rather shabby act and, personally, I wouldnt blame them.
Hi Phil,
I agree, it is a good idea.
I agree with John on the matter of the clock tower.
I noticed that the Conservatives are taking credit for the fundraising in their latest leaflet (which is puzzling because funds seem to have been raised privately in the local pub rather than by a Conservative Party initiative).
Preservation of war memorials should not be politicised; I would expect this to be a condition of any Tesco involvement.