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Tesco Verdict continued
We have now seen the full ruling. Here it is. Derwent v Trafford Photo by Sora Shimazaki: https://www.pexels.com/photo/judges-desk-with-gavel-and-scales-5669619/
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Tesco Planning verdict
Application for Judicial Review from Derwent Holdings (owners of White City) rejected Tesco gets the go ahead from the High Court. We’re still awaiting the details of the ruling but it seems clear that the controversial super sized Tesco Megastore planned for Gorse Hill is going ahead. All…
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Weekly update 7th March 2011
Now the Budget’s through – we have the calm before the cuts bite An unusually Quiet week For once, I was able to get to a cup match at City without it clashing with a meeting. The only busy day was Friday which I’ll come on to shortly.…
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Data Breach affects 1300 Trafford Children at most stressful time
Drastic cuts in key education services by the controlling Tory group on Trafford Council are being blamed by the Labour opposition for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act affecting 1,300 children and infuriating their parents. Due to what the Council calls a processing error, parents who…
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Tesco, The Cricket Club, The neighbouring Developer, The Council and lots of lawyers
Trafford is at the High Court this week in the latest instalment of the legal squabble over the disputed right to build us a supermarket. Tesco wants to build us a giant megastore opposite PC World, but Derwent Holdings want to build us a large one at their…
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Weekly Update 28th February 2011
Budget Matters Dominate Every February, Trafford Council sets the annual budget for the coming year. The Budget council meeting itself is one of the key events on the calendar in terms of set piece speeches. The Government’s cuts agenda has put an even bigger focus on Local Government.…