Cambridge set up a petition to stop tescos down mill road. They have published a website towards this.
they really didn't want a tesco because the public thought that it would put other business out of work.
They feel that mill road is very cultural. They got in total 5.000 people to sign a petition. However tescos was still built :( But.. they didn't receive an alchol licence, or an local enquiry and they have the most difficult time delivering it, this makes it the smallest store's in the UK.
They have also set up campaigns to help local traders, so they do not go out of business.
July 2007 tescos said that they have leased the site for 15 years.
To try and stop tescos being built they published a petiton this started in September 2007. by October 2007 people started to write to council planners to stop tesco's, they ended up getting 3ooo signatures.
In November tescos publicly tell the campaign they didn't own the site but still had that lease HOWEVER 8 days later they are registered as the owners. :O
People then START A MARCH. There not having any of it. 600 people march and march and march down mill road. now 5000 people have signed the petition.
They then applied for air conditioning, and refrigerators, the council reject it
April 2008
They still don't have planing permission and even if they do there is hardly and chance that they will get an alchol licence.
May 2008
They say that there going to start building in July, even with no planning permission. It didn't happen.
In June 2008 they applie again for refrigerators and air conditioning. Over 5000 people have now signed the petition.
By July 2008 there told to just give up.
even though they have said that the building would be to small for tesco's they still found a way to open it.
