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! PLANNING INQUIRY HAS BEGUN LOOK ING INTO WHETHER TO ALLOW A 4ESCO %X PRESS TO BE BUILT ON 5NTHANK 2OAD 4HE PROPOSED TWO STOREY STORE AND PETROL STATION WOULD BE SITUATED ON THE CORNER OF 5NTHANK 2OAD AND 4RINITY 3TREET ON THE FORMER PLOT OF A PETROL STATION 4HIS INQUIRY COMES AF TER MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OF ATTEMPTS BY 4ESCO TO BUILD ON THE SITE DESPITE CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THE PROPOSAL FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS 3EVERAL WEBSITE CAMPAIGNS WERE SET UP FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL PLAN NING APPLICATION FROM 4ESCO IN -ARCH AND THE .ORWICH 'REEN 0ARTY IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN SUPPORT IVE OF THESE CAMPAIGNS FROM THE START 'REEN 0ARTY #OUNCILLOR !DRIAN 2AM SEY NOTES ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR MANY OF HIS CONSTITUENTS (E GOES ON TO NOTE THE ENVIRONMEN TAL PROBLEMS THE CONVENIENCE STORE WOULD BRING SUCH AS NOISE POLLU TION CREATED BY DELIVERY LORRIES 4OM 7EDGE 0RESIDENT OF THE 5%! 'REEN 0ARTY SAYS OF THE MATTER h7E OPPOSE IT BEING BUILT ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT WILL INCREASE TRAFl C ON AN ALREADY CONGESTED ROADv .ATURALLY THE INTRODUCTION OF 4ESCO TO SUCH A COMMUNITY WOULD ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
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