Tesco comes to Penistone

TESCO is coming to Penistone following unanimous backing from councillors..

Despite the majority of residents objecting to the Tesco superstore, Barnsley Councillors voted unanimously in favour of it; this will eventually put local traders out of business.

This is the way the present councillors treat the electorate, no thought given whatsoever for the established family businesses that will eventually suffer. I can see Penistone becoming like other villages in the district where most of the retail properties are just swag, pound and charity shops. Just take a look at Wombwell for example; before Tesco’s opened you could buy whatever you needed without leaving the village, it will only be a matter of time before the same signs start to show in Penistone.