Would you give planning permission to this supermarket?

It's a dilemma. On the one hand, we all know about the Tesco effect on towns which, in the case of Fort William, might just kill off the High Street completely, however if they didn't offer convenient, competitively priced one-stop shopping with free parking, none of us would shop there. (Calton actually tries not to as much as possible but even he occasionally darkens their doorway.) Whatever the pros and cons of new out-of-town superstores, Fort William High Street has been granted a stay of execution with the recent announcement by Tesco that the Blar Mor store is not going to open until 2015 at the earliest. Not such good news for the residents of Caol, Corpach and all villages further west. It has to be said that Tesco has form on this - there is still no sign of a store being built off Carnegie Drive in Dunfermline in spite of the site having been cleared some months ago and surrounding roads rerouted. Some Lochaber councillors are calling for Tesco to release the site to a competitor. Perhaps they shouldn't have given the go-ahead to Tesco in the first place. Other towns may wish to learn from the experience of Fort William and Dunfermline.