Tesco planning application submitted

Details are a little sketchy at the moment, but Simply Southville has learnt that the planning application for the giant Tesco superstore at Ashton Gate has arrived at the council. What's known so far is:

'Supermarket floor area: 8,400 sqm net [ed- that's about 90,000 square feet!], plus 2,000 sqm covered service yard and petrol station at southern end of site - 539 car parking spaces, 20 - 30 cycle spaces. The plans would feature 2 vehicular accesses: at the south of the site (onto Winterstoke Road) and at the northern end of the site onto Ashton Road [ed -Ashton Road entrance not in the original plan]. At our request (city council) a pedestrian / cycle footway is incorporated along the western boundary of the site, next to Colliter's Brook.
The application is in outline with access and layout specified. All other matters (appearance, landscaping and scale) are reserved.'

The council should publish full details on its website in the next couple of days. We'll be watching!