A new Lidl will open in Shieldfield after winning the backing of councillors.
Newcastle City Council has approved planning permission for the supermarket on a patch of vacant land in Stoddart Street. It is hoped that the store will generate 40 new jobs in the area, though it had attracted opposition from rivals Tesco.
The German chain's scheme was backed by the local authority's planning committee on Friday, where Ouseburn ward Labour councillor Paula Holland said: "The residents in Shieldfield only have the option of a couple of small, grocery-type stores which inevtiably don't give you the choice requied. I volunteer in a community cafe and every time I am there this is the first question I am asked – when are we getting a new supermarket?
