The 3.7 acre-site, assessed at $1.6 million, was on the market earlier this year for $3.5 million.

A small piece of the property — between 0.605 and 0.626 of an acre — is in the city of Richmond, according to the planning documents. The proposed grocery store would be entirely in the county, while a portion of the parking lot would straddle the city/county line, Henrico County Planner Greg Garrison said.

“We require confirmation that the city of Richmond has a copy of the plan. The applicant will go through a separate approval process with the city,” Garrison said.

Plans are to demolish the existing betting parlor building, according to the documents filed with the county planning department. Lidl is proposing a one-story building with a wall of windows along one side, similar to its Lidl of the Future building concept the company has developed in Italy.

Other Lidl proposed sites are three in Henrico — at 5110 S. Laburnum Ave., at Staples Mill and Hermitage roads, and in the Greengate project west of Short Pump Town Center — and two in Chesterfield County — at 1301 Mall Drive and on Iron Bridge Road.

The grocery chain is planning to enter a Richmond grocery market that some industry analysts maintain has too many grocery stores already.