Major changes planned for Aldi store at busy Leeds retail park
Aldi's Leeds expansion plans include bigger shop and improved entrance
An Aldi supermarket in a busy leisure park could be expanded if planning permission is agreed with the city council.
The shopping chain has drawn up plans to build an extension at its food outlet on Evanston Avenue in Burley.
The sales area at the supermarket, part of Cardigan Fields, would be expanded by more than 250 square metres if Leeds City Council gives approval.
A design report said the scheme would modernise the supermarket and create a more welcoming customer entrance.
Jobs would be created during building work on a single-storey extension at the store, close to takeaway businesses at the retail park off Kirkstall Road.
Aldi’s report said: “The existing store forms part of a wider mixed-use leisure and retail destination that includes businesses such as a Nando’s, KFC and German Doner Kebab, alongside other occupiers within the wider leisure park.
“This mixture of facilities creates a convenient and well-established shopping and leisure destination for both local residents and visitors.”
A full planning application is out for consultation until November 10.
The installation of solar panels and landscaping work are also proposed as part of the scheme.
The report said: “This full planning application proposes a single storey extension to the Aldi food store with minor changes to the existing car parking and landscape.
“The use of the extension provides a larger sales area for customer use, as well as a safer and clearer entrance to the store by nature of a new internal lobby.”
More space would be created for food storage at the store, which is close to residential neighbourhoods and schools.
The report said: “Aldi’s customers generally use other shops and stores alongside Aldi in order to fulfil their grocery shopping and local service needs
“Therefore, an addition to the lobby space and warehouse space to the rear of the site will create a more attractive and welcoming entrance to the store, as well as allow more produce to be stored to serve the growing population.”