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Jul 2021
Last Updated: 05/07/2021
Bid to open Lidl in Ripon wins support of city council
The fast-growing Ripon population is already served by five supermarkets and plans for a sixth are in the pipeline. The council leader says it would be a 'win, win, win, situation'.
Visuals of the proposed Lidl supermarket on St Michael's Retail Park in Ripon.
"It will bring 40 new jobs, increase choice for Ripon's residents and also serve our growing population, with the new homes that we have coming on stream."
Cllr Williams was speaking at last week's full city council meeting at which he and fellow members supported Lidl's planning application.
Harrogate Borough Council will decide whether to accept Lidl's application to open a 1,100 square metre store at the £10 million St Michael's Retail Park.
But the backing of Ripon City Council suggests there is support locally for the plan.
The Rotary Way site, off the bypass, is already home to a Marks & Spencer Food outlet, which opened last July.
Ripon, with a population of 17,000-plus and growing, is well-served by supermarkets, with Aldi, Booths, Morrisons and Sainsbury's also trading in the city.
Lidl put forward its Ripon proposal following an online consultation.
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Following the consultation, a spokesperson from Lidl GB said:
“Many people have welcomed the proposed Lidl store, which would bring competition, increasing choice and providing a boost to the local economy through job creation.
“Many also mentioned that a store on this site would reduce the need to travel out of the city to shop and therefore keep expenditure in Ripon."
The supermarket has also submitted an application to open its first Harrogate store on the site of the former Lookers car dealership on Knaresborough Road.
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