Residents to march against proposed Ashton Gate Tesco

Residents will be coming out in force next week to demonstrate against the proposed North Street Tesco.

A march, lead by Bedminster Residents Against Tesco’s Expansion Into Ashton Gate (BERATE) will start at North Street Green on Saturday 12 September at 10.30.

The group will walk the length of North Street, then in to the entrance of Bristol City Football Club, where the proposed development will be.

The official planning application to build the superstore on the Ashton Gate stadium site has been submitted to the council and local residents are being urged to write in with objections.

The land, currently owned by Bristol City Football Club is up for development as the football club are looking to build a new 30,000 seated state of the art football ground approximately one kilometre from the existing football stadium on land bordering Ashton Vale.

The sale of the existing location for the Robins would be a major cash boost to fund the new stadium. It is hoped to be a venue for World Cup games in 2018 should should the Football Association win its bid to host the tournament.

The official deadline for comments is 9 September 2009. The planning application and lodging an objecting is here: http://e2eweb.bristol.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=KODA82DN08900

The next BERATE public meeting will be at St Francis Church on 17 September at 7.30pm