SAINSBURY S plans for an Ottery St Mary store have been handed to local authority planning chiefs, and the town looks set for a supermarket giant showdown in the new-year, possibly February.

SAINSBURY'S plans for an Ottery St Mary store have been handed to local authority planning chiefs, and the town looks set for a supermarket giant showdown in the new-year, possibly February.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) wants to consider both Tesco's factory site and Sainsbury's Hind Street planning applications at the same time- as it did in Seaton in September.

Read more in this week's Ottery Herald.