Tescos' breach of planning conditions

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Environmental Information Request
Reference: EIR 101007703869

Dear Applicant,

Please consider this as our formal response to your information request which
was logged under the above reference number and treated as a request made under
the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.

"Your request: Information you require: Many years ago Tesco built a new
superstore in the borough that blatantly ignored the planning conditions that
they had agreed to. After much tooing and froing it was agreed that they
wouldn't be required to demolish the extra space, but they were not to use it
for anything.

My request is to know whether you are continuing to enforce that agreement
with unannounced visits by council staff, which I have a recollection of
discovering was your strategy, though I can't find the FOI I thought it was
laid out in.

Our response:

We are continuing to monitor the operation of the store.  This has recently
been magnified by the following planning applications that are seeking to
utilise the void space and introduce up to 6 independent retail operators to
trade from the store as concessions – see planning applications ref: DC/081572
and DC/081571 which can be viewed online here:

[1]https://www.stockport.gov.uk/find-planni...

You will note that these planning applications have been active since July
2021 and decisions have not yet been made due to extensive discussions,
requests for additional information and detailed analysis.  During
consideration of the applications, a number of unannounced visits to the store
have been made to establish the facts and monitor compliance with the existing
planning permissions"

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