Lidl is again attempting to build a new store in a UK town. The major supermarket, which has more than 1,000 stores in the UK, wants to build on an undeveloped site in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. It comes two years after its scheme in Links Road was ditched. It is now hoping to move around half a mile up the road to Beacon Park.
Supermarket bosses have said that a new store would provide increased choice and competition for people living in the area. Details sent to Great Yarmouth Borough Council initially suggest the store could be built off Beaufort Way and Hodds Lane, the Eastern Daily Press reports.
The German retailer, which is the second-cheapest supermarket chain in the UK, has been trying to build a new store in Gorleston since 2021, initially as part of a joint scheme with Norfolk County Council that would have seen homes built as well.
Locals had opposed those plans and they were eventually shelved.
While Norfolk County Council did win permission to construct 446 homes on Links Road in May, its plans with Lidl were withdrawn in 2024.
Didcot Town Council had previously objected to plans first submitted in 2024 on the grounds that it lacked flood-risk mitigation measures.
Richard Taylor, chief real estate officer at Lidl GB, said: “At Lidl GB, we currently have one of the most ambitious store opening programmes of any supermarket, and we are more committed than ever to bringing our high-quality and low-priced products to even more communities across the country.”
The Daily Express has contacted Lidl for comment.
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