Lidl gets green light to construct new larger store in Buncrana
Lidl has been granted permission to construct a new store in Buncrana, located across the road from where the current supermarket is currently based.
Lidl Ireland submitted a planning application to Donegal County Council to ‘provide a new discount foodstore supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales’ on an undeveloped plot of land at McCarter’s Road in Buncrana.
The application sought permission for the construction of a single storey (with mono pitch roof and internal mezzanine plant deck) licensed discount foodstore supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales measuring approximately 2,356 SQM gross floor space, with a net retails sales area of approx 1,497 SQM, the provision of associated car parking and internal traffic and pedestrian circulation routes and vehicular and pedestrian access (relocating existing) and free standing and building mounted signage, trolley bay structure/enclosure, external refrigeration and air handling/condition plant and equipment, electricity sub-station building, roof-mounted solar panels, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking, boundary treatment,’ plus additional works.
Donegal County Council has now granted permission, subject to 18 conditions.
In its submission to Donegal County Council, Lidl said the new store ‘is designed as a replacement for the existing Buncrana store, located just opposite on McCarter’s Road.
“The current store, though well-used, is smaller and outdated. Relocating to the new, larger site enables the delivery of a modern retail environment with improved layout, accessibility, and sustainability features.”
The development proposed 110 car parking spaces, including six disabled spaces, four parent and child spaces, two EV charging spaces and six bicycle spaces.
You can see the full application and permission at www.eplanning.ie