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ELDC Planning Committee turn down retail chain Lidl’s application to site a retail store on the Fairfield Industrial Estate, Louth
September 27th 2010
Lidl stores recently put in a planning application to build a retail store at the former premises of Lincs Tractors on the Fairfield Industrial Estate in Louth.
In conjunction with their application, they also lobbied Louth residents, hiring a market stall in Louth market, at which they displayed the plans for their proposed store and asked people to sign a petition in support of their application. They were successful in getting around 800 signatures, and it’s fair to say that there was a reasonable amount of public support for this application.
Keep Louth Special came out publicly against the application on the grounds that it contravened East Lindsey’s long established planning policy of not allowing food retail development on the industrial estate. If this application were to be passed, we argued, it would set a dangerous precedent, and before very long we would see one of the food retail giants move onto the Industrial Estate.
The application was considered at a meeting of the ELDC Planning Committee on Thursday September 23rd. ELDC Planning Department’s recommendation was refusal.
Jennie Dunbar of Keep Louth Special spoke against the application, followed by a Lidl representative who spoke in favour.
Two Councillors spoke enthusiastically in favour of the application, but another Councillor pointed out that, whatever its merits, the application was in breach of the existing planning policy.
When the vote was finally taken, the application was refused by 6 votes to 3.
Needless to say, KLS is extremely pleased at this outcome, as we feel that if this application had been successful it would have sounded the death knell for Louth town centre.
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