Lidl is to open a new store on the outskirts of Stockport town centre despite claims it will be a ‘blot on the landscape for decades to come’. Councillors have given the discount retailer permission to build the supermarket on the corner of Sparthfield Road and Wellington Road North (A6) , in Heaton Norris.
The single-storey shop will face on to Sparthfield Road, while the two acre site will also feature 107 parking spaces - including disabled, parent and child and electric vehicle charging bays. There will also be parking for up to 24 bicycles.
The proposals went before a Heatons and Reddish area committee meeting on Monday night (October 17). Jonathan Harper, of consultants Rapley’s, spoke in support of the application on Lidl’s behalf, telling the committee there were ‘a number of clear tangible benefits to the scheme’.
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