It will join Sainsbury's and B&M at Forge Retail Park.
There are plans for a new supermarket on Forge Retail Park in Telford. Photo: Google
The supermarket would see Units 2 and 3 of the retail park combine and have a floor space of 2,275 square metres – less than half the size of Sainsburys . The report added that a supermarket required a ‘minimum threshold’ of 1,800 sq. m and the only other vacant store in Telford Town Centre of that size would have been the former Debenhams building – now home to Flip Out.
“There are no sequentially preferable sites in Telford Town Centre to accommodate the proposals, and therefore, given the close proximity of the site to the centre, we have demonstrated that it is the most sequentially preferable location,” the applicant added. They said that the ‘applicant fails to address the cumulative impacts’ of the proposed development along with the Lidl store on Rock Road.
“Whilst we appreciate this sentiment; there are no policies to suggest that out-of-centre retail should be supported where proven to be more sustainable. In any case, we would argue that in-centre retail is inherently more sustainable, owing to accessibility and increased linked trips. Furthermore, any new-build development could be constructed using best-practice sustainable design techniques.
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