Who rules the word – a local community, Ruth Kelly or Tesco?

From “Regeneration and Renewal” magazine 11 May 2007:

“Tesco has launched a High Court battle over rival plans to redevelop a
key waterfront site it owns in Sunderland.

Urban regeneration company Sunderland Arc’s housing-led proposals for
the Vaux Brewery site were backed by communities secretary Ruth Kelly
last month. But Tesco has its own retail-led plans for the site. Tesco
corporate affairs manager, Max Curtis, said “In our proposals, we have
demonstrated our willingness to include the elements Sunderland Arc
would like to see on the site … as well as a Tesco store.”

Sunderland Arc wants to turn the site into 1,000 homes, office space,
two hotels, shops and restaurants. Operations Director, David Walker,
said the URC has asked Tesco to shelve its Vaux brewery plans and open a
store in the central Homeside area instead.”

This will be a real test of who rules the world: the community doesn’t
want the Tesco store, the Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly doesn’t want
it but Tesco does.

I wonder who will win that one!