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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Chris Slater & Adam Maidment

Disappointment as supermarket pulls plug on plans for new Greater Manchester store

Plans to open a new Lidl store in Stockport have been withdrawn following ‘significant delays’ and concerns from Stockport Council.

According to local councillors, it is ‘no longer viable' for the supermarket chain to go ahead with the plans for the store, which was due to be built on the site of the former Fir Tree pub on Gorton Road in Reddish.

Councillors in Reddish North claim the plans, which were first announced in 2021, were withdrawn ‘due to the extent of changes required to address the council’s concerns’. The supermarket had been pushing to extend its car park area into North Reddish Park, but the plans were rejected by councillors.

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