Sheffield Lidl and homes plan given go-ahead despite objections

Sheffield councillors have approved plans for a new Lidl and homes, despite hundreds of objectors.
The proposed store designThe proposed store design
The proposed store design

Members on the planning and highways committee gave Morbaine Ltd & Ackroyd & Abbott a green light to build eight houses and a retail food store on the site of the former South Yorkshire Trading Standards, on Thorncliffe Lane, Chapeltown in a meeting on Tuesday, August 4.

The plans also include a car park with up to 115 spaces for customers and they already have an agreement with Lidl to operate the store.

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Councillor Andrew Sangar, who was one of those voting in favour, said: “I shall be supporting this. It’s a brownfield site which needs to be developed.

“It’s frustrating that we have not been able to see a scheme with more housing come forward but one hasn’t. I support competition between supermarkets, I would rather shops were built in the city centre but I accept there isn’t a suitable site closer in Chapeltown and the other Lidls are further away.

“For those reasons I believe it is a reasonable site for a supermarket and I welcome the eight homes that will be built there.”

Ahead of the meeting, council officers recommended it for approval saying the development could be built without causing significant harm to the area, but some neighbours disagreed.

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Two petitions with a combined total of 331 signatures objecting were received by the council, as well as 61 other objections - including from Angela Smith, former MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge.

Concerns were raised about the potential increase in traffic, air pollution and noise and that the shop would be “out of keeping” with the area.

There were two representations submitted in support, one which said a reasonably priced supermarket could help those on low incomes and who live nearby but do not drive.

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