A SUPERMARKET giant is looking to build a new store on a former industrial site – part of which will see developers build new homes.
Lidl says a new supermarket at the former Crosslee site on Brighouse Road, Hipperholme, would create 40 new jobs. To gauge local opinion, Lidl is inviting residents to a consultation session to find out more.
They session will take place from 3pm to 7pm on Thursday, February 6, at Old Brodleians Rugby Union Club at Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme.
Anyone unable to make the session can provide feedback online at https://tinyurl.com/lidlhipperholme or via telephone on 0161 8176 225 until February 9.
This is an opportunity for residents to give feedback on the plans before they are submitted to Calderdale Council, the company says.
If approved, the proposed store would feature a 1,516 square metre sales area, including an in-store bakery and famous “middle aisle” for goods, toilets with baby-changing facilities, parking for cars and bicycles, and electric vehicle charging points.
Solar panels on the roof will also help power the store, if the plans are approved.
Last year, planning councillors green-lit controversial plans to build 172-homes – and 72-bed care home – on part of the site, where the Crosslee company once manufactured millions of tumble driers – it closed in 2019.
Ward councillors were worried about the safety of one of the new estate’s entrance and exit routes and urged Calderdale Council Planning Committee colleagues to refuse Barratt Homes and Torsion Care’s application but a majority agreed the scheme should go ahead.
Opposition to the plans included around impact vehicles generated by a large number of homes might have on close-by Hipperholme crossroads, a major junction.
Objectors were worried about the impact extra traffic might have on air quality although the developer pointed out it had been a large industrial site with lots of traffic.
Proposals for the 26-acre Crosslee site have included plans for a supermarket since they were first unveiled by Crosslee Properties Ltd in 2021.
Nick Harvey, regional Head of Property at Lidl GB, said the company wanted to make sure their proposals met the needs of the community, hence the feedback opportunity.
