Upper High Street Appeal Withdrawn

The long-running saga of the proposed supermarket in the Upper High Street appears to be drawing to a close. Until this week the appeal by the developers against the council's refusal of planning permission was expected to be heard in February. However they have apparently decided to withdraw their appeal.

As the council had already made it clear that they were also unwilling to sell their parts of the proposed site to the developers, it was far from clear what the appeal was intended to achieve.