Halstead: Highways bosses oppose Tesco plans (From Halstead Gazette)
Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting HG to 80360, or email us Click here for more details »
Halstead: Highways bosses oppose Tesco plans
1:00pm Monday 14th January 2013 in News
Residents opposed to the Tesco application at the site earmarked for development
Highways bosses have opposed Tesco’s plans for a supermarket off a busy high street, claiming the road layout was dangerous for drivers and pedestrians.
The retail giant was accused of ignoring advice given before it submitted plans for a store in The Centre, off Halstead High Street.
In a letter to Braintree Council, Keith Lawson, executive director for environment, sustainability and highways at Essex County Council, said: “It appears from information submitted with the planning application that much of the work previously identified in correspondence between the highway authority and Braintree Council and in pre-application discussion with the applicant has not been addressed.”
