A crucial meeting is being held at the end of this month about the planned Asda store in Bognor Regis.
The session will bring together officials of the retailer and Arun District Council.
It has been called in advance of the council's determination of the planning application for the store. This is likely to take place in the early autumn.
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a submitted its proposals in early January to build a store on Oldlands Farm farmland off Oldlands Way next to the A29 Shripney Road.
The company wants to create an outlet of 7,509sq m gross space open 24 hours a day, staffed by hundreds of employees. It claims the new store would boost Bognor's retailing profile by tempting residents who shop elsewhere to spend more money in the town. It will also provide effective out-of-town competition to Tesco.
Parish councillors, residents and other businesses have broadly welcomed the prospect of Asda's arrival.
But Arun' senior councillors and officers have stated opposition to the site. They want Oldlands Farm to be kept for a business park with high-skilled and high-paid jobs.
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