Mystery petition attacks rumoured Honley Tesco plans

Jun 29 2010 by David Himelfield, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Mystery petition attacks rumoured Honley Tesco plans

HONLEY businesses and residents are pledging to fight to stop Tesco opening a store in the village.

They say a new store would destroy the character of the village.

And in launching their fight they follow the lead of people in Holmfirth, who won a battle to stop the supermarket giant developing a site in new Mill Road.

The supermarket group have refused to confirm or deny plans to develop a redundant area of land, near to animal feed company Keith Drake Ltd, off Woodhead Road, Honley.

It is thought a third party company is looking to buy the land.

The intermediary company could then sell the land to another company.

Now a petition has been circulating in Honley village shops – but the author of the petition remains a mystery.

Support, however, for the petition has been growing.

Tony Washington, owner of Taylors Food Store, Meltham Road, is one of a number of Honley businessmen to support the petition.