Residents in an east Leeds community say they fear an increase in crime and anti-social behaviour if a new convenience store is allowed to sell alcohol.
In their written email to the council, one of the objectors said: “We already have the Co-op, Tesco Express and Springfields all less than a mile of each other. And the amount of empty alcoholic bottles and cans that are littered all over the estate and road near each store just gets worse. They added: “On the same parade of shops where the mini-market is to sit, there are also at least three takeaways and there are is already an issue with associated litter and some anti-social behaviour.”
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