Plans for a new Aldi store in a busy Tameside retail park have been recommended for refusal over concerns of congested roads and an ‘uninspiring design’ – but the company says it will appeal.
The discount supermarket chain had applied to the council to build its fifth foodstore in the borough at Snipe Retail Park in Ashton-under-Lyne.
This would have seen the existing Pizza Hut and former Carphone Warehouse stores demolished to make way for the supermarket, which would have covered nearly 2,000 sqm.
There would have been 85 parking spaces provided, and it was proposed to realign the internal road layout and close off an existing access from Manchester Road, with access reopened on the ‘left in’ turn off Manchester Road with Snipe Way.
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