“good day i have been a trader in north st for 6 years.i enjoy the community spirit that i have not felt in any other area i have worked in,the customers that come to my shop appriciate the efforts we put in to giving them the best service we can.we are a small shop with only five members of staff.i have been told that our customers loyalty will not weaver with the inevitable opening of a new tesco superstore,lucky me,but wot about the other shops if one starts to suffer and closes more will follow suit until we are surrounded by graffiti covered shutters and borded up shops,who would want to come to a street like that.People keep mentioning about having a stadium fit for the world cup,england have not hosted the world cup for 43 years,there are no guarentees we will host the 2018 world cup and i do not think one more stadium in bristol will change that.the world cup tournement last for 4 weeks and yes it will create revenue for this country but will it generate enough to last another 40 years till we are up for the next one.north st was a backwater for many years and now it has been turned around into a thriving community once again way risk destroying it with yet another unneccesary supermarket.the house valus in this area are still good value even in a recession property is holding its value,why risk ruining it all for one more supermarket.sorry about the spelling but debates are not within my comfort zone.Mike”

“Hang on, isn't Ashton Vale green belt flood plain which soaks away water that would flood bristol? Building here was a not-recommended option in the regional space strategy. The Council blamed the housing proposal on central government pressure. So if this pressure for housing on green belt is gone why are the council still wanting to build here?

And what happened to the plan to build a stadium next to temple meads? The preparation of that site cost us £30m. Seems like a better location for a football stadium/ concert venue. Better access etc.”

“Dear last Bristolian
You state there is no dereliction around the city ground. Have you seen the empty pubs? ship and castle,wedlocks
and unigate dairy, manor tyres plus the awful state of some of the housing in ashton rd.
As the last Bristolian you should get about your city a bit more.”

“it seems like deals are already done . planning permits just seem to be a bit of paper that wont stop either party.
there are already two tesco's in the area why would we need a third? north st shops are already struggling and many more closed already (duckmoor road shops ) it will lose the community that has been there for years . i had a shop and the supermarkets force the little people out”

“You are missing the point. Healthy competition is good, yes! But completely saturating the market with Tesco stores isn't healthy competition!!! Yes, there are already supermarkets in the area, but they have been there for years, and there is only one of each! ONE Aldi. ONE Sainsburys. ONE Asda and ONE Lidl. All offering a range of prices. And we also have North Street local shops which are still very busy and used by the community. Then we get to Tesco! There is a Tesco in Totterdown, West Street and North Street! All within a couple of miles of eachother, if that! Add another main supermarket and they will have swamped the whole area! Thats not choice, that's force! We may need the stadium, granted, but it will be in a lifeless city that has lost all sense of community spirit and replaced it with Tesco stores! Every little helps, but too much is a disaster!!”

“Surely competition is good for the local economy!! With Sainsbury's and Tesco so close ( and Adsa I suppose) it will drive prices down for local residents or at least give them a choice?”

“If any of you have a chance to come to Brentford soon, then go to the High Street, apart from a newsagents, a curry house and one or two small, and dodgy grocery shops the rest of the street is dead.
Less than 20 years ago Brentford High street was the busiest shopping area in West London, so what has happened, well building a shopping centre in Hounslow didn't help, but more importantly the GIANT Tesco, which claims it is in Osterley, killed most of the shops here, then of course the other GIANT tesco in Isleworth put the sqeeze on a bit more, and then finally we have been surrounded by the Tesco Expresses. To put it bluntly the only "new" shops to open around here are Tesco's.
As for job creation, if you want a part time job, probably unsocial hours, all on a basic wage, then yes, they provide jobs.
Whats worse is that this year alone four pubs in Brentford have closed, as their landlords say, "How can we compete with Tesco's?"

Its about time they were stopped in their desire to own all the shops in this once great country”

“It really is sad hearing supporters of Bristol Rovers trying to belittle these plans when in reality they are the only club that has left Bristol, proposed two stadiums outside Bristol, Proposed to play matches again outside Bristol and formed a local political party opposed to the city ouncil in local elections.
Get over it, appart from being formed a long time ago what have you really ever achieved? Okay you managed to rob the rugby club of it's long standing home and now they are tennants in their own house, you should be so proud of your old club.
This new stadium is in Bristol (have a look at the boundaries if you are capable) but if it were in north somerset BCFC wouldn't have let down or decried the city of it's name as much as some others have.
As for trying to get one upmanship by refering to names and year of formation they should look at their short history in the football league
where they didn't join until 1920 and changed their name twice before this.
Pot and kettle spring to mind.”

“To Ed in Long Ashton, I am well aware that North Somerset Council is based in Weston and Somerset Council in Taunton. However, I was born and bred in Portishead, Somerset and nothing can change that. By the way, Weston-super-Mare's postal code is also BS for Bristol but nobody says they come from Weston, Bristol!! The neighbouring counties may seem irrelevant to other commenters but as the proposal for the new stadium falls within the Urban Extension Plan, it is of interest to all.”

“I hate the company -they are hell bent on world domination. They use their bullying tactics to ride over local opinion and communities. Looking forward to the day they become extinct like the dinosaur they've become. Not before they've done their worst-and the shutters fall on North St and every High St as they pursue their insatiable and vindictive thirst for all things retail.
The stadium will be built without selling your soul to the voracious animal Tesco.
This retail giant is well documented for its sharp practices of tax-evasion and their abuses of buying power,selling power and continual abuse and exploitation of the planning system.”