Lidl has been given the go ahead by the Council’s planning officers to redevelop the Herman Miller site on the Lower Bristol Road into a superstore.
After almost six years of waiting for the former Herman Miller Factory site to be developed, Bath and North East Somerset Council’s planning officers have now approved the planning application for Lidl to redevelop the site on the Lower Bristol Road.
This will see the area of the site owned by Lidl transformed over the coming months.
Westmoreland Councillor Sharon Ball (Lib Dem) said: “This is great news for the local area, I have worked closely with representatives from Lidl over the past few years and am delighted this site will finally be developed.
“Residents have been wanting this store for a long time and have become increasingly disappointed by the delays. It will not only mean a badly neglected site being cleaned up, but more local jobs being created.”
Lidl are expected to start work immediately, with a view to the store being operational by the middle of 2014.
The new application submitted in October was for a larger store than in previous applications and is for a single Lidl store on the parcel of land that the company currently owns.
The plans also contain a new entrance via Fieldings Road that fits in well with work being undertaken on the cycling provisions in the area.
