Nocado

 Ocado  want to open a 24/7 depot with 100 diesel delivery vans, 90 staff car parking spaces, 3 HGV spaces, an unknown number of motorbikes, 3 diesel pumps and a diesel storage tank on a small triangle of land just a few metres from Yerbury Primary School, Whittington Park and the houses on Wedmore and Pemberton Gardens. Marks & Spencer will also use Ocado to deliver their food from here.

They did this using a backdoor in the planning system known as a lawful development certificate which requires no consultation with the community. Indeed, the application didn't even have Ocado's name on it or carry any details of what was planned. The school only discovered what was proposed when Ocado applied to install the diesel pumps, lights and cctv in December 2019.

We, a group of over 100 parents  and surrounding residents reject the industrialisation of our children's school and of our community and will continue to fight this outrage until it is overturned.

Any money donated here will go towards creating campaign videos, printing leaflets and banners and getting legal advice. All money collected and spent will be clear for all to see on this site.

Ocado want to build more of these in inner-city areas as they expand their 1-hour zoom service, no doubt others such as Amazon will also. We hope a win here will set a precedent that says these facilities should never located next to schools or houses.

Thank you for your support.✊

The Nocado Campaign.

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