'Sustainable' store plan to be decided

Planners at Mendip are due to make a decision on plans for a newsupermarket for Glastonbury.

On Wednesday night the planning board will meet to decide if aTesco can be built on the site of the former Avalon Plastics factoryin Beckery New Road.

The 25,000 square foot store - roughly the size of the Tesco inWells - is expected to bring 225 new jobs to Glastonbury.

The new supermarket would be made of a sustainably-sourced timberframe, larch cladding and include a combined heat and power plant,wind catchers, natural light, and efficient lighting and energyequipment.

If approved, Tesco says that "with a fair wind" the store couldbe open for …