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Design and planning issues

Two snippets that caught my eye this week. Great news about Tesco, off Vernon Way. The council has told the supermarket chain to rethink its unflattering design that was due to be built this year. Basically, a concrete oblong is just not good enough. Crewe needs some inspirational architecture and Tesco has been told to go back to the drawing board. That slows down the redevelopment of a currently ugly chunk of Crewe just off the town centre, but I'm all for raising the bar and encouraging developers to improve the look and feel of the place. So well done the council.  

A few hundred metres away, next to the old Focus unit, it looks as though the eating out experience could soon improve for the Crewe public. Frankie and Benny's restaurant chain have applied to site a new outlet off Earle Street. Apart from a few decent eateries on Nanny Road, Crewe has always been the poor relation when it comes to good quality restaurants in the south Cheshire area. So this could be the start of something positive for the town, keeping people in the area and attracting diners into the town. Fingers crossed.

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