Plans to expand the Tesco store in Branwell Lane, Penzance were well received by local residents at a public consultation held over the weekend.
Approximately 1000 people visited the two-day public exhibition on 2 and 3 July which was held at the Tesco store and at the Wharfside Shopping Centre. People were very interested in the proposed plans for the extension and welcomed the prospect of improved stock levels and a wider range of products.
Members of the public have been invited to send in their comments on the proposals and the result will be published in two to three weeks time. Residents in the Isles of Scilly will receive a leaflet with their dotcom shopping in the week following the consultation and leaflets are also available at the Town Hall on St Mary’s.
Tesco’s extension plans will double the size of the current store and improve the service offered to customers, including: a wider range of products, a new café and more car parking spaces. The plans also include a range of environmental features which will reduce the store’s carbon emissions. A further 160 new jobs will be created by the extension plans, in addition to the 225 staff currently employed at the store.

The event involved 70 staff members from golf clubs all over Devon and Cornwall, 44 played a match on the refurbished Nicklaus Course whilst the remaining members of BIGGA embarked on a course walk lead by St Mellion’s course manager Mike Bush who showed visitors the refurbishments and improvements made to the Nicklaus and Kernow courses.

St Mellion’s Kernow course has recently been reopened after extensive work to improve and modernise it.  Many holes have been extended to keep up with the current technology of the game.  The Nicklaus course the members played on is notoriously difficult and is regarded as second only to Carnoustie as the most difficult course in Britain.

BIGGA members celebrated Cornwall’s win with a barbeque in the evening and took the chance to socialise with other green keepers and managers.

Mike Bush said: “The day was superb; everyone loved the course and agreed that it was in great nick, they did find it tough though!  It’s great that we have a championship course at St Mellion for the Devon and Cornwall staff to play on and it was a great social event too, as it is every year.

 “The day was a good opportunity for me to meet everyone and show them the courses.  I also took the chance to recruit volunteers for the English Open next year.  It’s important to promote local greenkeeping talent.”