NORTH Lanarkshire Council will hold a special meeting of its planning committee next Monday, December 21, to determine proposals from supermarket retailer Lidl for a new store in Airdrie.
The application has been recommended for approval, subject to conditions.
Lidl are proposing a store on the Burn Stewart Distillery on Carlisle Road which would create up to 40 jobs and “improve the choice available to shoppers in the area, particularly those who pass the site on a daily basis and those within 10 minutes walking and cycling distance”.
The supermarket chain already has five stores in North Lanarkshire – in Coatbridge, Wishaw, Kilsyth, Motherwell and Carfin – and in addition to the existing stores, it would like to increase its footprint in the region in order to meet its ambition for all communities to have a Lidl store within 20 minutes of where they live.
Lidl has also invested heavily in its regional distribution centre at Eurocentral which is now fully operational.
Gordon Rafferty, head of property in Scotland for Lidl GB Ltd, said: “North Lanarkshire is at the heart of Lidl’s investment in Scotland and we are proud to be based at our Eurocentral head office.
“We already have five stores across North Lanarkshire and our ambition is to ensure that every community across North Lanarkshire will have a Lidl store within 20 minutes of where they live.
“If consented, our proposal for a new store in Airdrie will allow us to provide good quality value for money produce to even more people living in North Lanarkshire.”
