Asda is definitely coming to Lydney – after the High Court quashed an appeal by Tesco, attempting to block a new store in the town.

Tesco claimed the new Asda supermarket would harm trade in the town centre, as well as taking away a third of their trade.

They asked a High Court judge to quash the planning permission granted by Forest of Dean District Council, just as the court has now twice blocked plans for a new Asda in Cinderford.

However, Mrs Justice Patterson, sitting in London, rejected all of Tesco's complaints, and ruled that the permission can stand.

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