Green light to demolish and replace supermarket in Kilkenny
Lidl’s plans for a larger replacement supermarket on the Johnswell Road have been given the green light from Kilkenny County Council
Plans by Lidl to demolish and replace its existing supermarket on Johnswell Road in Kilkenny have been given the green light by Kilkenny County Council (subject to conditions).
Lidl Ireland lodged the application with Kilkenny County Council on February 27 seeking permission for a new discount foodstore supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales at its existing Johnswell Road site.
The proposal involves demolishing the existing single-storey store, which has a gross floor area of 1,746 square metres and a net retail sales area of 1,274 square metres.
In its place, Lidl plan to construct a part-single, part-two-storey supermarket with a mono-pitch roof. The proposed new store would have a gross floor area of 2,568 square metres and a net retail sales area of 1,742 square metres.
That would represent an increase of 468 square metres in net retail sales space, or approximately 37 per cent compared with the figure given for the existing store.
The application also provides for the redevelopment and reconfiguration of the existing site layout, including adjusted vehicular and pedestrian access points, car parking and hard and soft landscaping.
Other elements listed in the planning application include boundary treatments, free-standing and building-mounted signage, a trolley-bay enclosure, refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment, an electricity substation and switch room, public lighting, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, roof-mounted solar panels and cycle parking.
Changes to drainage, utilities and other service infrastructure are also included in the proposal.
The application has also attracted a number of third-party submissions.
As a result, there remains a possibility that the decision could yet be appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála.