No ASDA Store For Cinderford

4 July 2013, 15:34 | Updated: 8 July 2013, 16:04

The Co-op has won a legal challenge to stop an Asda store being built in Cinderford.

Plans for the supermarket on land at Steam Mills Road were approved by the Forest of Dean District Council in January. 

But the Co-op, which already has a store in the town, applied for a Judicial Review and a judge at the Hgh Court has ruled in their favour. 

Leader of the Council and cabinet member for Regeneration, Cllr Patrick Molyneux said: "We are disappointed as a Council but today's decision will not alter our determination to do the very best for Cinderford and the district." 

Cabinet member for Planning Policy, Cllr Brian Robinson added: "We will now consider the court's ruling carefully and adjust our approach if necessary and maintain our aim of bringing more jobs, new homes and to improve the economic climate in Cinderford and the wider Forest. Our recent victory in the High Court challenge to our Core Strategy gives us the confidence that our overall approach is the right one."