Decision on Controversial Supermarket Plans Deferred

The decision on a discount retailer's controversial planning application to demolish a gym and their existing store so they can replace it with a larger store has been deferred.

The Northern Planning Committee met yesterday (December 6^th) to discuss Lidl's proposal to build a new store at Summerfield's, immediately adjacent to their existing store, in Wilmslow.

Cheshire East Council has received 415 letters in objection to the scheme. Issues raised include: no need for a larger store, the loss of health and social facility in the form of the adjacent energi Fitness Club, an abundance of supermarkets in the local area, an impact on local wildlife, and insufficient space for parking.

Twenty-five letters in support of the development were also submitted, with some locals arguing that the existing store is not large enough and that there are currently too many gyms in the locality.

Councillor Craig Browne, who sits on the Northern Planning Committee as Vice Chair, said:

"The Lidl application was deferred, pending the provision of a sequential economic impact assessment, clarification on how the proposal will meet parking standards and an air quality assessment on the site."

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