Poundland has submitted a planning application to Southwark Council which effectively confirms that the chain will replace the Co-operative Food store at the Blue.
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The Co-operative Food leaving The Blue and opening in Rotherhithe Street
No sooner has The Co-Op announced the closure of its convenience store at the Blue in Southwark Park Road, than they have submitted a licensing application for a new store at 346 Rotherhithe Street (site of the Pizza Lounge / The Compass / The Three Compasses).
Southwark Park community allotment to share in Tesco plastic bag windfall
The CGP community allotment in Southwark Park is to receive a grant from the Tesco ‘Bags of Help’ scheme – but shoppers will determine how much cash the garden receives
Tesco has allocated £30,000 to community projects in and around Southwark in the second round of its Bags of Help scheme, funded by the proceeds of the mandatory 5p charge for plastic carrier bags introduced in England last autumn.
The amount each project receives will depend on where it is ranked in a public vote against two others: £12,000 will be granted for first place, £10,000 for second and £8,000 for third.
Customers in Southwark stores will receive a token at the checkout and be asked to place it in the box of the project they favour the most.
The three contenders are:
- Melior Street Garden, SE1
- CGP Community Allotment in Southwark Park, SE16
- Somerville Kitchen Garden, Lee SE12
Voting continues until Sunday 6 March in the stores listed below.
Participating Tesco stores in Southwark
- Tesco Extra – Surrey Quays
- Tesco Superstore – Old Kent Road
- Tesco Metro – Tooley Street
- Tesco Metro – Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre
- Tesco Metro – Jamaica Road
- Tesco Express – Tower Bridge Road
- Tesco Express – The Cut
- Tesco Express – Borough Road
- Tesco Express – Great Suffolk Street
- Tesco Express – New Kent Road
- Tesco Express – Long Lane
- Tesco Express – Camberwell New Road
- Tesco Express – Peckham
- Tesco Express – East Dulwich
- Tesco Express – Queen’s Road Peckham
- Tesco Express – Southwark Park Road
- Tesco Express – Walworth Road
- Tesco Express – Camberwell
The Co-operative Food plans store on site of The Ship York pub
The Co-operative Food has revealed a plan to open a new convenience store as part of the redevelopment of The Ship York pub in Rotherhithe Street.
The pub closed last November and was later used as a shisha bar.
Planning permission for the redevelopment of the site with a five-storey block of eight flats was granted more than a year ago.
The planning permission includes provision for a pub at ground floor and basement level, but now The Co-operative wants to open a food store instead.
Local residents have now received leaflets from The Co-operative with details of their proposals and an invitation to a public exhibition on Monday 6 July.
The Co-op says its proposal would create 20 to 25 full-time or part-time jobs.
Longer hours at Surrey Quays Shopping Centre (but no more Thursday late night shopping)
From today, Surrey Quays Shopping Centre will be open till 7pm Monday to Saturday.
The new hours are:
- Monday-Friday 9.30am-7pm
- Saturday 9am-7pm
- Sunday 11am-5pm
Tesco Extra keeps different hours to the rest of the centre, and is no longer a 24-hour store.
According to Tesco.com the current hours are Monday-Friday 6am-1am; Saturday 6am-midnight; Sunday 11am-5pm.
Snails seized in SE16
The monthly bulletin from Southwark’s trading standards department often contains weird and wonderful updates. This is from the latest edition:
A detention notice was served in respect of some 20 kg of frozen fish and snails found at a premises in Rotherhithe SE16. Following satisfactory enquiries the frozen fish was released for sale but the snails were seized under TARP (The Trade in Animal and Restricted Products Regulations 2011).
Latest on Decathlon redevelopment
This week Decathlon has sent this email to holders of its loyalty card:
Decathlon cafe shuts as redevelopment gets under way
Holders of Decathlon cards registered to the Surrey Quays branch have received this email from the manager as preparatory works for the redevelopment of the site get under way.
Hello Decathlon Surrey Quays Customers,
We are going through changes over the next few years as part of the regeneration of the Canada Water area. Unfortunately, it means we lose our lovely cafe.
We remain open as a store but our cafe will close on the 14th of December for the last time.
The pictures show you how the store and area should look in 2017/2018. During this time, we will go through various changes including moving into one store in March 2015 but we promise to always keep you updated.
Thank you,
Danny
Decathlon Surrey Quays Store Manager
Blue Christmas: photos
On Sunday the Blue Bermondsey Business Improvement District hosted a Christmas event at the Blue.
Sponsors included Biscuit Factory developer Grosvenor.
“The BID already seems to be doing a fantastic job of uniting the surrounding communities, and we’re only too happy to support its efforts,” said Katherine Rodgers, project director at Grosvenor.
“We feel lucky to have such active neighbours, and look forward to celebrating Christmas together for many years to come.”
Photos courtesy of Grosvenor
Video of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre on its opening day in 1988
With consultation on the draft Canada Water Master Plan starting this weekend it’s timely that this footage from ITV regional news programme Thames News of the opening of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre in 1988 has appeared on YouTube today.