This meeting has been cancelled.
There will be a meeting with representatives of Tesco including Area Manager, Corporate Affairs and Store Manager at Zorans in Crown Road at 5.30 pm on Monday the 18th December for all interested residents and traders to discuss directly concerns around the St Margarets’ store. The three ward Councillors will also be there so here is a good chance to air any parking, loading bay, enforcement issues and discuss ways to improve community relations.
Comments
Today and yesterday, tesco had lorries parked in the bus stop. This prevented buses from unloading passengers at the bus stop, forcing buses to use the crossing as a bus stop. This has been going on for too long. I would be very keen to attend the meeting to hear what tesco have to say on the matter and to hear why our councillors have not resolved this issue. Unfortunately I can not attend the meeting (5.30 & a week before Christmas is not good for me).
simon chapman on 2006-12-11 21:21:01 +0000What a ridiculous time to have a meeting 5.30pm on the last Monday before Christmas. Anybody who works or has children probably won't be able to make it. Are the Councillors and Tesco really serious about effective community relations? Or are they just going to ignore us again. We all know Tesco continue to unload at the bus stop and that the Council fail to do any thing about it what more is there to discuss.
Ann Murray on 2006-12-11 21:47:38 +000006:15 (am) on Saturday 2 December, the newspaper delivery van for Tescos parked in the bus stop. The driver/deliverer was too lazy to walk the extra 5 yards that parking in the delivery bay (which was clear) would have involved. The lady from Tescos who dealt with him did not say a word.
David bertram on 2006-12-12 08:52:52 +0000Lots of issues Tesco cause. I think the council have made a major error in holding a meeting that nobody can attend. The meeting should be held after Christmas when people have more time. Or was this meeting arranged hoping that nobody would be able to attend.
Mary on 2006-12-12 20:47:10 +0000It is disappointing to read some of the comments above. There was nothing devious about the timing of the meeting or the intentions of the 3 ward councillors who continue to be as flexible and helpfull as possible.
The facts were that the Tesco reps could not make it later in the day (and we had asked and looked at various dates) also Julie the Tesco rep who has been dealing with this issue is due to leave for another job after Christmas so for the sake of continuity and to avoid having to deal with a totally "new" person it was decided for the date that it was.
However since it seems not convenient for the interested parties we will cancel the above meeting and hope we can achieve more in the new year with the new Tesco Rep when he/she is in place.
Cllr Ben Khosa
Ben Khosa on 2006-12-13 18:57:21 +0000Ben, Given the examples of this week - why are you still not taking action against tesco. You have a legal obligation to enforce the restrictions outside tesco. You seem to be more interested in giving tickets to residents who are prehaps a few minutes over their parking time in Crown Road, whilst tesco prevent buses using the bus stop and force them to unload passengers in the middle of the road. The council have held meeting after meeting with tesco, why are you not taking action?
simon chapman on 2006-12-13 21:37:28 +0000No doubt others have noticed that Tesco have recently submitted a planning application to alter their fascia? Available on the LB Richmond site.
David bertram on 2006-12-14 10:38:04 +0000The Tesco application for comments is at www.ukplanning.com/richmond/showCaseFile.do?councilName=London+Borough+of+Richmond+upon+Thames&appNumber=06/3524/ADV
Trevor Whittall on 2006-12-14 15:43:46 +0000