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Tesco bid to resolve pharmacy setback
TESCO staff are working hard to overcome a setback with its in-store pharmacy in Dorchester.
A spokesman for the supermarket said the company had unintentionally failed to apply for planning permission for the pharmacy, but was trying to resolve the issue quickly.
Planning officers at West Dorset District Council have written to Tesco pointing out that permission must be sought, despite Dorset Primary Care Trust and the Duchy of Cornwall already approving the development.
Work had already begun on the pharmacy at the Weymouth Avenue store.
Principal planning officer Darren Rogers said: "We have pointed out to Tesco that work currently being carried out within the store to provide a pharmacy does not appear to be in accordance with the existing planning permission.
"Tesco has agreed to hoard off the area designated for the pharmacy and to remove all signs associated with it.
"The company is in the process of drawing up a planning application to vary the existing planning conditions that, if approved, will allow the pharmacy to operate."
Tesco was originally given planning consent for its store in 1989.
Pharmacists elsewhere in Dorchester have told the Dorset Echo that the development could destroy their livelihoods.
Mike Terry, owner of the Market Pharmacy in South Street, said: "My personal view is that it will jeopardise the services that we offer our customers.
"Tesco has already taken a lot of trade away from the town centre."
If the project goes ahead, the Tesco pharmacy will be open for more than 100 hours a week.
Melanie Chiswell, regional corporate affairs manager for Tesco, said: "We are trying to work out why this has happened because we certainly wouldn't go ahead and build a pharmacy if we didn't in all honesty believe we had planning permission.
"There seems to have been a misunderstanding and it is something we are very keen to sort out."
She added: "We don't force people to use our facilities, we are providing consumers with a choice."
8:47am Saturday 2nd August 2008
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CommentPosted by: spangler on 11:20am Sat 2 Aug 08
[quote]We don't force people to use our facilities, we are providing consumers with a choice."[/quote]
Customer Notice:
Tesco reserve the right to withdraw this sentiment once a market monopoly in the Dorchester area has been secured.
Thank you for attention.
We don't force people to use our facilities, we are providing consumers with a choice."
Customer Notice:
Tesco reserve the right to withdraw this sentiment once a market monopoly in the Dorchester area has been secured.
Thank you for attention.
Posted by: Mike, Portland on 11:33am Sat 2 Aug 08
If W.D.D.C think they stand a chance of halting Tesco's plans then they better think again it would be just a waste of our money.All of our supermarkets should be allowed to sell what they like including all non foods, we should have the benefit of the full range as other area's do.
If W.D.D.C think they stand a chance of halting Tesco's plans then they better think again it would be just a waste of our money.All of our supermarkets should be allowed to sell what they like including all non foods, we should have the benefit of the full range as other area's do.
Posted by: richardH, Dorchester on 5:26pm Sat 2 Aug 08
Dorchester will always have third rate facillities for shoppers in the town center and its out of town superstores. No decent sized supermarkets no decent DIY stores etc, I wonder why I go to Poole
Dorchester will always have third rate facillities for shoppers in the town center and its out of town superstores. No decent sized supermarkets no decent DIY stores etc, I wonder why I go to Poole
Posted by: dan, Dorchester on 5:31pm Sat 2 Aug 08
We need a 24 hour pharmacy at a single location with ample parking - good luck to anyone who provides it.
We need a 24 hour pharmacy at a single location with ample parking - good luck to anyone who provides it.
Posted by: Daddytone, Dorchester on 5:42pm Sat 2 Aug 08
[quote]Mike Terry, owner of the Market Pharmacy in South Street, said: "My personal view is that it will jeopardise the services that we offer our customers.[/quote] What, overpriced non-prescription goods to pensioners and those people who have managed to scrounge a blue badge so they can park outside the shop?
Mike Terry, owner of the Market Pharmacy in South Street, said: "My personal view is that it will jeopardise the services that we offer our customers.
What, overpriced non-prescription goods to pensioners and those people who have managed to scrounge a blue badge so they can park outside the shop?
Posted by: DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire on 7:20pm Sat 2 Aug 08
Mike, Portland on 11:33am today said
"All of our supermarkets should be allowed to sell what they like including all non foods..."
Agreed. All licencing & planning permission laws are Draconian.
The law is a ****.
We should all be able to sell what we want, to whoever we want, whenever we want.
I've got some homebrew scrumpy in the shed @ £1 a gallon..what you got?
Mike, Portland on 11:33am today said
"All of our supermarkets should be allowed to sell what they like including all non foods..."
Agreed. All licencing & planning permission laws are Draconian.
The law is a ****.
We should all be able to sell what we want, to whoever we want, whenever we want.
I've got some homebrew scrumpy in the shed @ £1 a gallon..what you got?
Posted by: DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire on 7:27pm Sat 2 Aug 08
P.S. for **** , read a relation of a donkey or mule.
PPS I also have some of granny's heart pills in the bathroom cupboard for sale at 50p each.
What you got?
P.S. for **** , read a relation of a donkey or mule.
PPS I also have some of granny's heart pills in the bathroom cupboard for sale at 50p each.
What you got?
Posted by: Mike, Portland on 11:08am Sun 3 Aug 08
[quote][bold]DingDonG[/bold] wrote:
P.S. for **** , read a relation of a donkey or mule. PPS I also have some of granny's heart pills in the bathroom cupboard for sale at 50p each. What you got?[/quote] Sorry [bold]DingDong[/bold] but i have my own pills & i dont drink & what about your poor granny.
DingDonG wrote:
P.S. for **** , read a relation of a donkey or mule. PPS I also have some of granny's heart pills in the bathroom cupboard for sale at 50p each. What you got?
Sorry
DingDong but i have my own pills & i dont drink & what about your poor granny.
Posted by: rachd, Weymouth on 5:03pm Sun 3 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Mike[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]DingDonG[/bold] wrote: P.S. for **** , read a relation of a donkey or mule. PPS I also have some of granny's heart pills in the bathroom cupboard for sale at 50p each. What you got?[/quote] Sorry [bold]DingDong[/bold] but i have my own pills & i dont drink & what about your poor granny.[/quote] His granny died taking the pills hence why DingDonG is selling them, LOL.
Death to Tesco I say.
Mike wrote:
DingDonG wrote: P.S. for **** , read a relation of a donkey or mule. PPS I also have some of granny's heart pills in the bathroom cupboard for sale at 50p each. What you got?
Sorry DingDong but i have my own pills & i dont drink & what about your poor granny.
His granny died taking the pills hence why DingDonG is selling them, LOL.
Death to Tesco I say.
Posted by: DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire on 5:46pm Sun 3 Aug 08
[quote]His granny died taking the pills hence why DingDonG is selling them, LOL.
Death to Tesco I say.[/quote] No ! !
It was an overdose of scrumpy wot saw her off !!
Anyway, my point (if it is one) was why bother with trivia like planning permission, licensing, regulations etc, and have a free-for-all selling anything to anyone, from any location at any time of the day and night.
Then Tesco and their kind can carry on regardless of the rules.
His granny died taking the pills hence why DingDonG is selling them, LOL.
Death to Tesco I say.
No ! !
It was an overdose of scrumpy wot saw her off !!
Anyway, my point (if it is one) was why bother with trivia like planning permission, licensing, regulations etc, and have a free-for-all selling anything to anyone, from any location at any time of the day and night.
Then Tesco and their kind can carry on regardless of the rules.
Posted by: CoogarUK, Dorchester on 12:37am Tue 5 Aug 08
This isn't the first time the Tesco Dorchester store has ridden roughshod over planning laws ('non-food' goods springs to mind) and it probably won't be the last.
This isn't the first time the Tesco Dorchester store has ridden roughshod over planning laws ('non-food' goods springs to mind) and it probably won't be the last.
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