Lidl has pulled out of controversial plans to convert a former cinema into a new store.
It has confirmed today that it will no longer be pressing ahead with plans to convert the former Abbey Cinema in Wavertree into one of its stores. Two separate planning proposals have been made by the supermarket since 2021 but it appears the brand’s project has run out of road with its latest application withdrawn.
Lidl initially bought the Abbey Cinema building on Church Road North from Co-op and had planned to demolish the building and build a new 18,000 sq ft store at the site, creating 30 new jobs. The historic cinema building was designed by Sir Alfred Ernest Shennan and was completed in 1939 and closed 1979.
