“Richard Lane,

>Have you got any proof of the effects on the area other than some people saying it's not wanted or needed, just as many people I've spoken to in the area have said they would wellcome a new Tesco and have no great fears for the shops.

Yes I have. I attended a public meeting where there were 70+ local people opposed to it on Friday and looking at the number of signatures appearing on the petitions now circulating and the BERATE posters popping up in windows I would say that the local feeling is very strongly against.

>Apart from the extra traffic around winterstoke rd what effect could there be to the park or any houses?

The plan is for a very large store with 600 parking spaces, the large lorries bringing goods will be unloading right at the back of peoples' houses if you look at the plans. /that much traffic will also have an impact on local side roads and the general air quality and noise levels in the area and in the park which is just over the road.

>As for the planning date set for both developments this is not the case as no application has been submitted for Ashton gate as yet.

You're right there but a very reliable source informed us at the meeting of a conversation with the planning office where he was told that this is what they have been told to expect. If this is not so then I would be very pleased indeed as it would help to separate the two plans.

>Reading between the lines there seems to be a slice of I hate Tesco

Not particularly, I would feel the same if it were a Morrissons, Waitrose or whoever- it's the size of the plan I object to and the fact that there is a Sainsburys, Asda, Aldi and Lidl within a 15 minute walk of the site, we don't need another supermarket and certainly not one that size

>Your goal being to mislead people to enhance your campaign.

Hardly! I want to inform not mislead, and it's not "my campaign" it's the genuine feeling of non-political local residents of whom I am just one among many. I speak for myself not for an organisation or campaign as I'm sure you do too”

“Jenny Jones.
The consultation carried out by the club was for the new stadium and not Tesco, Tesco as the proposed new owners would need to address that issue.
Have you got any proof of the effects on the area other than some people saying it's not wanted or needed, just as many people I've spoken to in the area have said they would wellcome a new Tesco and have no great fears for the shops.It could be good for the area.
Apart from the extra traffic around winterstoke rd what effect could there be to the park or any houses?
As for the planning date set for both developments this is not the case as no application has been submitted for Ashton gate as yet.
Reading between the lines there seems to be a slice of I hate Tesco, with your first sentence being a smoke screen and the only untruth being yours about the planning meeting, Your goal being to mislead people to enhance your campaign.”

“I am very excited about the prospect of a new World class stadium for Bristol City and the city at large and fully support the bid to host the World Cup. This article however makes a lot of the consultation with the local community for this stadium project but fails to mention the major worries that this community has with the proposed application of Tescos who want to build a massive superstore on the old Ashton Gate site. If the club genuinely cares about the community, heritage and legacy of the club it won't sell its ground for a supermarket that few people locally want or need. Loyal supporters have in the past had their ashes spread round the pitch at Ashton Gate but yet the club is prepared to let Tescos build a store right on top of it. This is hardly a way to respect the community that has loved and supported the club for 100 years. Naming the roads around the new stadium sympathetically isn't going to make up for this betrayal.

In an unusual move the Council is going to consider both the proposed development of the stadium and also the superstore at the same planning meeting in November. I feel that to do so reinforces the false coupling of the two projects which should be seen as separate issues. We do not need a Tescos on the old site in order to fund the World Cup bid and it is grossly unfair to ask this community to accept the destruction of local businesses and the huge environmental impact it will have on our roads, houses and Greville Smyth Park based on an untruth. There are other ways to raise the money needed other than selling this community out.”

“George.
How could Bristol City Football Club reduce the council tax, you really are out of touch and not in wonderland, more like cloud cuckoo land.”

“complete waste of money should invest in some decent players first........”

“What a laugh. I'll bet any money that the £65m cost will have doubled shortly after building starts and whoever builds it will import labour from some 3rd world country and the place will fall down within 12 months because they forgot the cement.
They should ditch these stupid plans and reduce peoples council tax instead.”

“Please let them get it right! This is a good opportunity for Bristol as long as the infrastructure to service the stadium is there - adequate transport links and parking etc.

D”