They are building a big Tesco’s near us. TBH its been wasteland for years and years so I don’t see too much of an issue. They probably backhanded the council anyway.
Huddersfield Town centre. I’m amazed that M&S is still in the centre.
If you’re talking about Huddersfields new Tesco then that ‘wasteland’ is the Sports Centre.
Previous plans were to build it on Springwood which is now a wasteland but, up til 2 years ago, was the day centre for adults with learning disabilities.
From what I can see the plan is:
Knock down the sports centre and flats
Build New Tesco on that site
Close current Tesco
At some unspecified future time the anew sports centre to be built on the Springwood site and a hotel on the current Tesco site
Canny buggers them Tesco folk, on Brighouse and now in Huddersfield they’ve managed to position themselves so you have to drive by Tesco to get to Sainsbury’s on most of the routes in.
IIRC in Brighouse Tesco made quite a few promises which they’ve now gone back on.
Kirklees council didn’t want to approve the planning permission for Huddersfield but reluctantly agreed as they felt they could not afford the legal challenges planned by Tesco.