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| What future now for site of former garage? |
AN appeal for a convenience store and one other shop to be built on the site of a former garage in Cleethorpes has been dismissed.
The Co-op had earmarked the land at 223 - 225 Humberston Road as ideal for a new store.
Although North East Lincolnshire Council planners refused the application, the store's agent, Mark Warrior, of Warrior Developments Ltd, was sufficiently confident of the decision being overturned that he lodged an appeal with the independent Planning Directorate.
But the inspector, Mr S. Dean, has backed NELC's decision and dismissed the appeal.
The decision will delight mighty Tesco who objected to the proposal on the grounds that the top-up shopping project store would suck trade from their nearby superstore.
But, ironically, Mr Dean based his decision not on Tesco's protests, but on the potential impact on another convenience store, McColls, which did not even trouble to lodge an objection.
In his decision statement, the inspector said: "I consider that the proposal would be likely to have an unacceptable effect on the vitality and viability of this store through the diversion of trade."
The proposal had generated intense controversy - both for and against the proposal - among those living in the vicinity.
It is anyone's guess how - if at all - the site might now be redeveloped.
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