A total of 36 objections against the proposed Lidl store on Belmont Road have been published on the Herefordshire Council website, with comments on the proposal required by 9th May.
Consultation ends on 9th May, with a target determination date of 31st May.
Despite a significant number of comments against the proposal on social media, just 36 people have objected to the proposal at present according to the council website, however this can take a few days to fully update. In comparison, a proposal for a Drive Thru McDonald’s in Ross-on-Wye received around 200 objections.
One resident believes the proposal should be refused planning permission due to concerns over traffic and also noise pollution.
“This proposal does not provide the local area with a sustainable development and it will provably increase local and national pollution due to the volume of traffic entering and exiting and the noise generated by the business will damage the local area. The noise coming from the refrigeration plant at night will create a statutory noise nuisance and again will have a negative impact on the health and will being of the residents some of whom live within 10 metres of this development.
“There are major road safety concerns caused by this development and LidI
have had a similar proposal refused in Ross on Wye because of road safety
concerns and this development should be refused on the same grounds as
the A465 is already bumper to bumper at peak times, poorly managed and is often blocked by traffic entering the McDonalds Restaurant next door.
“This application should be refused as it will create pollution and result in the local residents lives being made a misery by the overdevelopment of this site.”
Plans for a new Lidl superstore and Drive Thru restaurant in Hereford have been officially submitted to Herefordshire Council.
The plans detail the possibility of building a Lidl superstore and Drive Thru restaurant on the land where the Three Counties Hotel currently is. The owners of the hotel told Your Herefordshire in March that they had no plans to sell. Companies like Lidl can apply for planning permission prior to negotiating terms with the land owners.
The planning application states the following:
“Hybrid application for demolition of existing hotel and associated structures and erection of Class E foodstore with associated access, parking, servicing, drainage and landscaping (full permission sought) and erection of drive-thru unit with associated internal access and circulation (outline permission sought).”
The store would have approximately 100 parking spaces and 40 full time employees. Lidl would like the store to operate between the hours of 8am-10pm Monday to Saturday and 10am-4pm on a Sunday.
Concerns have been raised on social media surrounding access to the site, with the A465 (Belmont Road) already heavily congested, with Asda, McDonald’s and Tesco attracting huge numbers of traffic and the road being one of the main access routes into the city centre.
More details can be found on the Herefordshire Council website by searching planning reference number – P221090/O
