Friday 27 March 2015

McDonalds appeal again - and we are still not lovin' it!

White Bear at Tingley
Multinational company McDonalds have been accused of attempting to bully local residents in Tingley following confirmation that they are to appeal against the refusal of planning permission on the White Bear Pub site for a second time. The claim comes from my colleague and local resident and Town Councillor Wyn Kidger.

Wyn says she is disappointed that yet again McDonalds have launched a further appeal against their planning application for a fast food take-away which was refused last September. It seems McDonalds are hoping to grind down local opposition and bully them into submission.

The controversial application has been refused by Leeds City Council on 4 separate occasions and an appeal against refusal was also rejected last year.

Wyn tells me residents are weary with having to continuously battle with this rich and powerful multi-national company to prevent this fast food take-away being opened on their doorsteps. The local community has done an excellent job but Councillors are prepared to step up and take on the campaigning role at appeal if that is what residents want. If the appeal goes to a public inquiry then we will represent residents as we did at the Cottingley Springs public inquiry which we won.

We are now waiting for more details on the nature of the Planning Appeal before we again have to battle this giant. But - as we saw at Cottingley Springs – David can slay the Goliath and we expect a victory for local people again!



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