Leaflets outlining plans for a new Lidl store in Stone have started dropping through local letterboxes.
Lidl Great Britain is consulting residents on proposals for a new foodstore on greenfield land off Stafford Road, to the east of Aston Roundabout, between the A51 and A34.
The leaflet says the consultation is taking place before Lidl finalises and submits a planning application.
The proposed store would have a gross internal floor area of 2,184 square metres, with a sales area of 1,529 square metres.
Plans set out in the leaflet include a glazed frontage, landscaping, cycle parking, electric vehicle charging points and 130 car parking spaces. These would include accessible spaces and parent and child spaces.
Vehicle access would be taken from the A51 to the north of the site through a new access point. A separate pedestrian access point to the A51 would also be provided.
The leaflet says the proposed opening hours would be 8am to 10pm from Monday to Saturday, including bank holidays, and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
Lidl says its stores typically receive a maximum of two deliveries per day, with store waste collected by the returning delivery vehicle.
The consultation material lists several proposed benefits, including new shopping choice, jobs during construction and once the store is open, a dedicated in store bakery, and pay above the Living Wage Foundation rate for eligible employees.
Residents are being asked to give feedback by completing the online survey https://forms.office.com/e/YdgKKPjvNV or by emailing lidlstone@rapleys.com.
Feedback is being accepted until 10 July, after which Lidl says it will review comments before submitting a planning application.
5 comments
HC
Ridiculous location ,
Greenbelt,
Road chaos to ensue,
Enough supermarkets in Stone, find a more appropriate site .
Steve
Fantastic news, we regularly travel from Stone to nearby Lidl stores to shop. I feel that with a growing population, Stone would benefit from an increased range of supermarkets to increase availability and choice.
Josephine
The site proposed to put the Lidl store on is right by next to a roundabout, that is really busy at the best of times. Apart from building on yet ANOTHER green field. Do we really need another supermarket ?
Michael J Edwards
Please let this happen! WE NEED THE BAKERY! Its so much better than the rest.
keiron Quinn
Opposite a cemitary really? its green belt for a reason im all for a Lidle store but there must be a better location than here