Tesco Unthank Road II

The saga rumbles on about the proposed Tesco Express to be built on Unthank Road.
Residents don't want it, councillors don't want it, Green party officials don't want it but looks like we're going to get it. An independent report declares that the recent refusal for planning permission was wrong and that Tesco have grounds for "significant costs".

In all four submissions have been made and refused. Each time costs Tesco nothing and costs Norwich people a substantial amount. Now we could be liable to pay Tesco significant costs for refusing to have their shop.

Tescopoly have a great site outlining their objections to the big store but also all the big supermarkets who wield an alarming amount of power. This page outlines the case against Tesco Metro in high streets and this is a Friends of the Earth paper outlining the way supermarkets get their own way in planning decisions. From that paper:

The evidence gathered indicates that decisions made by local councils to accept new supermarket stores are in many cases not made on the grounds of retail need, but because the weak planning system and the power imbalance on a local level makes it increasingly difficult for them to refuse.

I'm thinking about picketing the store once it has been built and has opened.