New West Lothian Lidl granted alcohol licence a year before opening

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A new Lidl store in Craigshill has been granted a provisional licence to sell alcohol. West Lothian Licensing Board heard this week that the new store is expected to be open for business by the end of October next year.

Lawyers for the supermarket said the new supermarket would create the equivalent of 40 full time jobs. The Board heard that the site of the new supermarket- 1 Almond Road- was formerly a car showroom.

It has now been cleared and preparatory building work is under way. Clerk to the Board Gary McMullen told the meeting there had been no objections or adverse comments to the application for a provisional licence.

An agent for the chain which has premises on Alderstone Road in the town close to the Livingston FC stadium, told the Board: "You may have seen that work has started.