Only the council, and ultimately the planning inspectorate, has power to "veto" this or any other plan. However, some residents are concerned about the effects that a fair-sized Local and a big flats development to the back of it will have on residents who live over the shops or who will be coming in to the new housing development we have just behind the shopping parade. So, some of us have objected to the present proposals as is our democratic right to do so.
A Local will need around five deliveries a day, at least two of which will involve great big lorries. It will need daily waste collection as well. The potential for noise and disruption to traffic is considerable and there will be further pressure on parking on an adjacent road which is already very congested. Only a few years ago, the council and TfL put in a considerable amount of traffic calming on the shopping parade, which may well be rendered useless by these potential deliveries.
Yes, it would be very convenient to have somewhere where people can pick up the ingredients for their evening meal on the way home from work, but we need to look at the bigger picture for the whole neighbourhood here.