Tesco and Wetherspoon to expand in Newquay

Superstore Tesco is lined up to sign a deal this week to take over the Buzios bar on East Street into a second express store - with the first being on Narrowcliff as you drive into the town. 

​These plans are understood to be separate from the large supermarket it wishes to build on land belonging to Tretherras School. 

National pub chain JD Wetherspoon are planning to open their second bar in Newquay in the former Divas/Red Square building.

An application has been submitted for a licence and the new pub will be called The Cribber. 

If the application is granted the pub will open from 9am to 4am, Sunday to Saturday, with regulated entertainment.

A spokesman for Wetherspoons said: "I can confirm that we are in negotiations to purchase the site of the former Red Square building.

"We have already submitted a public notice and licensing application."

Eve Wooldridge, manager of the Newquay Business Improvement District (BID), said that it was aware that there are a number of properties within the Newquay BID area that are currently in the process of sale or redevelopment.

She added: "We are fortunate that, despite the recession, Newquay has only 8 per cent of empty properties.

"This is against a national high street average of 14 per cent.

"The upcoming redevelopment of some key sites will bring this percentage down even further.

"As a BID we are constantly encouraging a vibrant mix of local, independent retailers and establishments, alongside quality national brands, who bring their own propositions and vital investment to our local doorstep."

What do you think of the new plans for the town? Good or bad or a mixture of both?