McDonalds Battle continues

Morley Borough Independent councillors are gearing up for a further battle with McDonald's following news that their appeal against refusal of planning permission at Tingley has been ruled as legitimate. The appeal will be considered via written representations and a visit will be paid to the site before the Planning Inspector makes a final decision.

Cllr Shirley Varley said “Local residents are not prepared to be bullied by this large multi-national company. Their applications were refused on legitimate grounds, such as the impact on residential amenity and this is just their attempt to grind the local community into submission. We are not prepared to let that happen and we will be encouraging residents to again lodge further representations against McDonald's.”

McDonald's have lodge several controversial applications for a fast food take-away at the site of the White Bear pub in Tingley. Objections to the proposal topped the thousand mark as local residents cited problems with traffic generation, noise, litter and associated anti-social behaviour.

Cllr Judith Elliott said “We will continue to stand by local residents in their battle with this giant. This is the wrong location for such development and we will do everything in our power to make sure McDonald's do not win this appeal.”