Revamped plans for an Aldi store in Ewell are expected to come before the council’s planning committee in October.
The German budget chain submitted a revised planning application at the end of July for a "modestly sized" 840 sq m store on Kingston Road with eight flats and a 62-space car park.
Rob Scadding, associate at Aldi's planning consultant Planning Potential, said he expected councillors to consider plans on October 10.
Mr Scadding said: "We have had a positive response to the application. The letters of support have outweighed the letters of objection."
He claimed that planning officers were ‘minded to recommend approval’.
Aldi’s original plans for the site were rejected in 2006 and revised plans were rejected again in 2007 following stiff opposition from neighbouring residents and businesses.
But in 2009 it won a planning appeal for a scheme with nine flats which used the slip-road and Pinewood Place for access.
Since then the site has been empty, but Aldi has bought up two adjacent houses and now proposes to have in and out access onto Kingston Road near the junction with Ruxley Lane.
Comment on the application.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel