The ongoing dispute over Tesco’s plans for a new supermarket in Partick was finally resolved this week - in favour of the objectors.

Despite gaining planning permission to build on a former scrapyard at Beith Street, near Partick Cross, the retail giant announced it was ditching the proposals.

Instead it announced new plans to build a store less than a mile away at Whiteinch.

The change of plan came after continued and persistent local opposition as well as negotiations between Tesco and property company Peel Holdings, which owns most of the Partick site.

Local councillor Aileen Colleran had backed the opponents in their “Tesco Town” battle when she voiced her own displeasure at the proposals.

Talks with Peel Holdings resulted in a land swap whereby Tesco gained 130 acres at the west end of the Glasgow Harbour site to build their new hypermarket, while the scrapyard at Beith Street is expected to become a new housing development.

This supermarket project will create a minimum of 500 new jobs and will help to divert the potential traffic and parking problems of the original Beith Street site further away from the already congested West End.

But there are other issues to consider, such as the current lack of local shopping facilities for those who live in the Partick Cross area.

Late night shopping, a last minute grocery run or a quick nip to the shops aren’t so easy if the neighbourhood supermarkets close early, do not stock a wide variety of products or are not within walking distance.

One local woman in her 30s, said; “How many supermarkets do we need? All they are interested in is money. The Tesco giant is big enough!”

Despite this strong reaction, many locals expressed surprise and bafflement upon hearing that Tesco had pulled out of the Beith Street site.

With this in mind, we took to the West End street to ask locals what they made of the latest Tesco plan – and discovered a surprising mix of reactions.

Despite loud protests, locals give a muted response to pull out

BLAIR RUSSELL, 58, hairdresser: “It’s probably a good thing that the plans were ditched, but I have no strong opinions about it.”

MARGARET HALLIDAY, retired: “The elderly need a supermarket that isn’t too far away. There is nowhere to shop around here.”

ALLY MacLENNAN, 21, student: “It would have been bad for traffic, but creating jobs would obviously have been a bonus.”

TOM BLOWER, 21, student: “Giving people employment is positive, but it might have affected the feel of the neighbourhood.”

KEITH ANDERSON, 31, hair stylist: “The piece of land had nothing on it anyway, so why not? Building up an area improves it.”

CAROLINE BEGG, 31, receptionist: “Companies are moving out of Glasgow. Tesco would have kept some people here.”

PAUL CURRIE, 48, civil servant: “It would have been a gridlock nightmare. We already have too little parking space with the nearby hospital and all the students.”

STEWART McBRIDE, 57, retired: “I can’t imagine how it would have been obtrusive, to be honest.”