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Lidl to create 40 jobs with launch of new Doncaster supermarket

Lidl (UK) is set to build a brand new store in Doncaster after acquiring 3.4 acres of land from Harworth Group plc.

The store will be located on Heatherfields Crescent at Harworth’s planned 1,200 home Torne Park development.

This follows the start of construction last month of a new £70m Regional Distribution Centre at the neighbouring iPort development, which is one of the UK’s largest logistics developments.

Creating up to 40 jobs, the new sustainable store will include a 1,325m² sales area within an overall development area of 13,936m².

Among the supermarket’s features will be an instore bakery, longer-style tills with dual packing facilities, customer toilets and ample parking for both cars and bicycles.

Lidl (UK)‘s decision to invest follows Torne Park’s development being unlocked by the completion of Great Yorkshire Way – the £56m link road funded by a range of public and private partners, including Harworth.

Harworth has spent the past 24 months undertaking land remediation and infrastructure works for the first phase of development on the site, which will deliver an initial 166 new homes through two housebuilders – Harron Homes and Taylor Wimpey.

The deal is the second between the companies in recent months. In December, Harworth sold 43.7 acres at its flagship Logistics North development in Bolton for £22.5m for Lidl (UK) to set up its regional distribution headquarters.

Duncan Armstrong-Payne, associate director of major projects at Harworth Group plc, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Lidl to our Torne Park development.

‘With housebuilding progressing well, the neighbouring iPort going from strength-to-strength and increasing numbers of drivers using Great Yorkshire Way, we’re confident that Lidl’s new store will be highly successful.“

Graham Burr, Lidl UK’s regional head of property, commented: “We are delighted to be opening a new store in Rossington, which marks another milestone in our ambitious store expansion programme.

“We’ve seen incredible demand for Lidl stores across the country and look forward to offering our quality products and great value to shoppers in and around Doncaster.

“We are firmly committed to helping boost the local economy by creating new jobs and working with local suppliers in the construction of the new store.”

The planned store in Torne Park will add to Lidl’s existing store portfolio of 670, and will form part of the company’s growth plans which aims to see this figure increase to 1,500 in future.

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