Lidl Kingswinford store to create 40 jobs

It comes after Morrisons launched its own redevelopment plans for its replacement store just yards along the same road. Lidl wants to build on the Duckworth Trading Estate, in Stallings Lane.

Store bosses have announced a consultation event on Wednesday to showcase the scheme.

Multi-million pound plans to demolish the Morrisons supermarket, in Stallings Lane, and replace it with a 40,000sqft development, creating 70 jobs, are expected to be heard this month.

Kingswinford councillor Patrick Harley today welcomed the plans saying there would not be a conflict between the two stores. "They both aim at different audiences so I wouldn't have thought they would be concerned about taking trade from each other," he said.

"If empty premises are left for a long time they can attract vandalism and youths hanging around so to have a well lit supermarket there would probably be better."

He added the additional jobs bought by the store would offset the potential loss of industrial land as part of the project.

A public consultation will be held at Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Club, in Swindon Road, Wall Heath, between 11am and 6pm.

The discount foodstore would be built on land opposite Charterfield Drive on a furniture warehouse store, according to plans. A 70-space car park will surround the store with a new entrance off Stallings Lane.

Bosses at the retailer say they expect to submit their proposals to Dudley Council early next month.