Lidl's plans to demolish two homes for Whitby store expansion dealt a blow

A supermarket chain’s plans to demolish two homes in order to expand its store in Whitby have been dealt a blow.
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Lidl in Stakesby Road wanted to knock down 1a and 1b Castle Road, which it owns, in order to increase the size of the store’s car park and the warehouse.

The supermarket chain submitted its plans to Scarborough Borough Council earlier this year.

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However, councillors on the authority’s planning committee decided not to make a decision on the plans instead they deferred the determination while they wait for more information.

Lidl's plans to demolish two homes next to its Whitby store have been deferred by Scarborough Council.
picture: from Google imagesLidl's plans to demolish two homes next to its Whitby store have been deferred by Scarborough Council.
picture: from Google images
Lidl's plans to demolish two homes next to its Whitby store have been deferred by Scarborough Council. picture: from Google images

Fifteen local residents had objected to the proposals, with three more writing letters in favour of Lidl’s plans.

Lidl scheme would create 20 more parking spaces and nine new parent and child spaces, a new entrance to the store and a new trolley bay.

A number of the objectors raised concerns about the increase in traffic in the area if the plans were to get the green light and noise caused by the store’s refrigeration system, though Whitby Town Council backed the proposals.

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Ward councillor David Chance spoke at the meeting on behalf of local residents who wanted the plans thrown out.

Cllr Chance said the thought of the extension had caused “considerable stress” to neighbours.

Committee member Cllr Glenn Goodberry, who said he lives near the store, told the meeting he did not see why good houses needed to be demolished.

He also said that while North Yorkshire County Council Highways data had shown there had been no collisions in vicinity of the store in the last five years there had been “an awful lot of near misses”.

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Cllr David Jeffels said that he thought it was “over-development” of the site.

He added: “It is going to impact on the quality of life of people living around [the store as it is] going to intensify the use of the store in terms of traffic and noise.”

Not all of the committee were convinced on the need to refuse the application.

Cllr Jim Grieve said the arguments for refusal seemed to be “emotional” and not based on “technical” reasons.

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His fellow committee member Cllr Paul Riley proposed that the application instead be deferred to allow for more information on the noise from the building’s refrigeration system.

Cllr Phil Trumper agreed that councillors needed more information on the system, which the council’s own environmental health officer had not objected to.

The plans will come back to the committee in the new year.

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