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Tesco wants to expand an out-of-town branch which it says “significantly over-trades”. The store at Woodsgate Corner at Pembury is well located to access both the A264 into Tunbridge Wells and the A21 to the wider locality. First built in 2000, permission was later given for a large expansion of the store, but it was not followed through. Now Tesco wants to build two extensions, one on either side, to expand both the retail area and the warehouse. But the expansion will come at a cost – the loss of car parking spaces. Quite how many is not clear. In the main body of its planning application to…

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