Tenbury Wells Tesco store plans to be discussed

Controversial plans to build a Tesco store on the south Shropshire border are due to be discussed at a rescheduled meeting tomorrow.

The scheme for the store at the former cattle market site in Tenbury Wells, near Ludlow, is set to be decided by a planners at a meeting at Tenbury High School at 6pm.

The original meeting in December was cancelled due to bad weather.

Opinions on the store have been sharply divided among residents, with some in support and others strongly opposed.

Tesco bosses have said the plans would create up to 150 jobs in the area.

The supermarket giant first submitted plans to Malvern Hills District Council (MHDC) in April.

But it had to go back to the drawing board after it was refused permission to demolish the Russell Baldwin & Bright building on the site.

At the end of last year, it emerged that planners at MHDC had recommended the new application for the Tesco store should be refused.