Work has started on Plymouth’s 13th Tesco outlet as construction teams start fitting out a unit at the regenerated former Mount Wise naval base with an ambition to have the supermarket open by the end of April.
Britain’s biggest retailer now has planning permission to open a Tesco Express in the unit formerly used as a sales office on the ground floor of a block of flats in Charles Darwin Road opposite the Plymouth Cricket Club pitch.
The unit, next door to the Space to Move yoga and dance studio, was given planning consent for a convenience store when the land was originally earmarked for development, but Tesco submitted new plans to Plymouth City Council.
