Plans for a new Lidl and Wickes are now set to see a larger supermarket and a DIY shop nearly double in size. Plans for the development - submitted by Clowes Developments, Lidl and Wickes - would see a Lidl supermarket and Wickes DIY store built on the derelict former Stadium Industrial Park off Nottingham Road and Springfield Avenue in Long Eaton.
A supermarket and DIY store on the site were approved at appeal by a Government planning inspector in 2021 having been rejected by Erewash Borough Council in 2019. Now the companies are back with tweaked plans, increasing the size of the Lidl by 45 square metres, to cover 1,989 square metres, while the Wickes would be doubled in size, increasing by 1,060 square metres to 2,312 square metres.
Meanwhile, the amount of customer car parking has been reduced from 207 spots to 157. The proposed businesses are set to create the same amount of new jobs as before, with a total of 70, 40 at Lidl and 30 at Wickes.
