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Originally Posted by
lancsdave 
The ironic thing is at the same meeting they turned down planning permission for a convenience store near the hospital because it would mean traffic chaos. Money talks eh 
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Was that turned down then ? The recommendation by the Planning Department was to approve this application.
Seems was adjacent to a garden in honour of Alan Benson's memory and his widow objected on the grounds that it would "detract from the peaceful ambience of the garden" Not knocking his widow's objection at all .. just wondered if the council saw it this way. LCC Highways had no objection.
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Copied and pasted from the Tesco thread .. didn't want to digress. Can't put in a P.M. to Atarah .. just to show her what it is.