New Lidl near Norwich set to open next month

Artist's impression of the proposed new Lidl store in Sprowston, which is due to open in November. Photo: Submitted Archant

A new budget supermarket near Norwich is due to open next month.

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Plans for the Lidl store, on land north of Blue Boar Lane in Sprowston, were originally submitted in July 2016, with further details and a licensing application submitted to Broadland District Council in June this year.

At the time, planning papers said the store was “due to open by the start of 2019”, just a stone’s throw away from the existing Tesco Extra.

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But the German chain confirmed on Wednesday that it would open in November - with a date set to be announced in the coming days.

The 18,000 square foot store will include 120 parking spaces, an in-store bakery and will create up to 40 jobs.

In January, Lidl announced it would be opening a store on the former Goff Petroleum Site on Aylsham Road - having just closed another supermarket just 400 metres down the road, on Copenhagen Way.