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Following consultation with the community, Tesco has submitted new plans for a supermarket in Sheringham to North Norfolk District Council.  The store will offer good value, choice and convenient food shopping, with around 150 new jobs.

Designed by world class architects and Stirling Prize winners, Wilkinson Eyre, the new store is smaller than previous plans (now about the size of Aylsham Tesco) in response to local comments and earlier decisions.   The Tesco will be as close to Station Road as possible, to encourage shoppers to… » Read more

Roughly a thousand Sheringham residents visited Tesco's exhibition of a range of plans for a possible new store in the town last week. The exhibition, which was held at Oddfellows Hall on Friday and Saturday, was aimed at giving local people more information about the proposed store. The plans outlined details for a store a quarter smaller than previously proposed.

Dozens of Sheringham residents gathered for a photo outside the venue on Saturday to demonstrate their support for a new store. Over 1,000 residents have so far contacted Tesco directly to say… » Read more

Tesco has today announced that the size of the proposed supermarket is about quarter smaller than the previous proposed store and will have about the same sales space as the popular Tesco supermarket in Aylsham.

Previous plans for a supermarket in Sheringham put the total building size of the store at 2,760m2. The new store will be about 2,100m2 and have a sales space of approximately 1,200-1,250m2 (the previous proposal was 1,500 m2).

A major change in the different options for the store put it as close to Station Road as possible to attract visitors to the rest of Sheringham's… » Read more

Nick Gellatly wrote in to the North Norfolk News today to discuss the upcoming consultation event and the great and growing number of people showing their support for the new development. The full text of the letter follows:

I would like to clear up any misunderstanding about the number of people who have expressed support for a new Tesco supermarket in Sheringham. As a recent story in this newspaper reported, 1,200 people have contacted us to say they want a new store. This is not from a survey. Instead the vast majority of these people contacted Tesco by email… » Read more

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Tesco Announces Consultation on new Store Plans
Tesco has announced a public exhibition to discuss its early proposals for a store in Sheringham next month.
The consultation with local groups and residents will take place on Friday 3rd April (10am - 8pm) and Saturday 4th (10am - 3pm) at Oddfellows Hall, 4 Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham. Everyone is welcome to join.

Members of the Tesco team will be available to discuss the plans and record comments from the community as part of the consultation process whilst the plans are developed.

Nick Gellatly of Tesco said, "We want the new… » Read more

Over 1,200 local people have expressed their support for a new supermarket in Sheringham, strongly suggesting a clear majority of residents support a new store in the town.

Tesco recently sent a leaflet to residents in and around the town asking them to get in touch if they supported a new supermarket. Over 900 wrote back or emailed saying they supported the project - a huge response to a mailing like this. These people join over 300 supporters who have signed up to a special Facebook group - We want a Tesco in Sheringham - set up and run… » Read more

Tesco has announced the appointment of world renowned architects Wilkinson Eyre to produce new and improved designs for a supermarket on Cromer Road in Sheringham.

If approved, the new store will not only boost the town by creating over 120 local jobs and help families save money, time and effort but it will also attract additional shoppers to the town, helping other local businesses.

The plans will also deliver a new community centre for the town as well as a new fire station
Wilkinson Eyre - winner of two RIBA Stirling Prizes, the most prestigious award in British… » Read more