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TESCO SAYS IT WILL close its Weybridge distribution depot with
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the loss of 700 jobs if planning permission is granted to build a 75 ,000m2 warehouse near Andover.
The supermarket is in talks to lease the proposed unit from the developer Goodman, which has applied to build a 130,000m2 business complex on the old Andover airfield. Objectors say the warehouse will result in around 1,700 lorry movements on the nearby A303 and surrounding roads.
Tesco says it "doesn't make sense" to propose a scheme that makes journeys hard for staff drivers and the community, and it will try to find alternative roles for employees if the Weybridge site closes.
Goodman's planned business complex has met with some furious objections from residents and MPs, who say the Thegashed'
will cause mayhem on a road network already working at capacity.
A Tesco spokeswoman says: "The percentage of LeVs from the proposed site that would use the A303 westbound is approximately 2.4%; the percentage that would use the A303 eastbound is approximately 62.6%. However, it should be noted that the main route east would also be used for a significant number of southerly stores such as Southampton and Portsmouth as [vehicles] would be routed along the A303 and then south on the A34,"
The local planning authority, Test Valley Borough Council, says updated noise and pollution assessments from Goodman and final consultation replies from Hampshire County Council have still not been received, so no decision has been made.