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Planning Permission Refused for ATM at Your Pharmacy

26 April 2007

On 20 April 2007, Richmond Council has refused planning permission for Your Parmacy’s application for an external ATM.

Reason for the refusal was that the plans would “visually clutter” the shop frontage, the street scene and the entire St Margarets’ conservation area.

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And yet they let Tescos clutter up the main road 18 hours a day with articulated lorries.

Laughable!
Gonville Bromhead on 2007-04-26 12:54:11 +0000
Tesco have yet another monopoly - they control the cash in St. Margarets. Most of the time you can only get cash in St.Margarets from Tesco. If their machine is not working - tough. Did tesco ever get permission for their machine? Why are the local councillors so keen to please Tesco?
mary on 2007-04-26 22:44:15 +0000
I admit I was against a cash machine here, not least because it looked like being one which charged to take money out. I would not object to one at the Post Office, which would be a safer location and certainly not one which charged.
Trevor Whittall on 2007-04-27 10:00:18 +0000
As I understand it, the post office did apply to have an ATM and were turned down by the Council. Tesco applied to have one and were also turned down. Spot the error. Perhaps Your Pharmacy should simply follow Tesco's example...
Hilary Ivory on 2007-04-27 16:17:18 +0000
Just a reminder that, when it's open, you can get cash out at the post office as an alternative to Tesco.
Ed on 2007-04-28 12:41:37 +0000
I think the history of the Tesco machine is they installed the existing one without planning permission, but were granted permission ex post facto. The Post Office was understandably miffed, as it had applied previously and been turned down.

Tesco applied for a second macine, but were turned down. It might be that if the Post Office reapplied then, with community support, it could succeed second time.
Trevor Whittall on 2007-04-30 09:51:44 +0000
Now there is no cash machine in st.margarets due to the fire at tesco. On sunday the post office was not open. how can this council say they know best? a second machine make would be ideal. Last May was the first and last time I vote lib dem.
Steven Morris on 2007-04-30 12:23:35 +0000
I was interested by the comment in the officer's report that the landlord would not allow changes to the fascia under the lease in any event.
Trevor Whittall on 2007-04-30 14:05:03 +0000