Mini Tesco on pub car park approved
A mini Tesco supermarket has been given the go-ahead on the car park of a pub despite hundreds of objections.
Councillors insisted the store close at 10pm, rather than 11pm as requested, and that a pedestrian crossing be installed.
The store will go next to the Claregate Pub in Codsall Road, Wolverhampton, on land forming part of its car park. Pub owner Marston's Brewery is planning to give the pub a new look as part of the development. Planners have ruled the supermarket can only be built if the crossing is installed first.
Two petitions, one with 255 signatures and the other with 83, were submitted against the plans along with 89 letters of objection, including one from Wolverhampton South West Tory MP Paul Uppal.
Concerns were raised about the quality of the design and the impact on other businesses.
