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Jun 2023
After 18 months, still no progress on Ripon Lidl
Eighteen months on since planning permission was ratified for a Ripon Lidl, there is still no sign of work starting.
Lidl submitted a planning application in May 2021 and it was approved on Christmas Eve of the same year.
The company ran a public consultation on the scheme, which involves opening a 1,250 square metre store at St Michael's Park, Rotary Way.
It would be located near the existing M&S Foodhall and create up to 40 jobs
In its planning application, Lidl said the site was ideal:
However, there is no sign of the store opening. This is despite the planning documents saying Lidl hoped that 2022 would be the "first full and settled trading year for the new store".
The Stray Ferret is regularly asked by readers for an update on what would be the town's first Lidl.
As today marks 18 months since the plans were signed off, we contacted the company to find out more about its plans.
But as with our previous request for an update in April, did not receive a response.
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