Tesco and Co-op locked in battle over bid to build new supermarket in Yorkshire

If it can be successfully argued that Tesco would harm the centre it could give the council grounds to refuse the application. Jennyfield Local Centre was built in the late 1970s to support the growing community on the estate and it includes a small shopping precinct and the Stone Beck pub. The Nexus report said the new Tesco, and to a much lesser extent the new Lidl on Knaresborough Road, could divert as much as 38% of trade away from the Co-op.

The report adds that such an impact on the centre’s anchor tenant would, in turn, threaten the future of the whole local centre.It said: “In light of [The Co-op’s] well-below benchmark average turnover, its importance in anchoring the local centre and the potential future loss in turnover should the Tesco food store proceed, we have significant concerns in respect of the future vitality and viability of Jennyfield Local Centre as a result of the proposal.

Tesco’s own consultants, MRRP, responded to the Nexus report. MRRP strongly disputed the claim that the Co-op would be at risk of closure from the new supermarket, arguing that it is likely to lose just 5 per cent of its regular trade after residents from new housing developments are taken into account.It said the Co-op and local facilities in Jennyfields will be boosted by the hundreds of new homes that are set to be built in the area.

MRRP also disputed Nexus’s claim that the Co-op acts as an anchor tenant for the local centre. It said most people visit only to shop and do not use its other units. Two are currently empty and the other is a charity shop.On November 22, a letter sent by Louise Ford, Tesco’s town planning manager, to the council said it was “disappointed” the two consultants could not agree on the potential impact of the new store.

“If the Co-op does close within five years of the Tesco store opening and remains vacant for more than six months, then Tesco would use reasonable endeavours to open a convenience format store within Jennyfield Local Centre,” she said.

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