New Lidl supermarket to create 40 jobs at former building society HQ site

The site of the former Bradford and Bingley Building Society headquarters is set to be transformed into a new Lidl supermarket.

Lidl will begin work on the 2,470 sq m development next month. When complete, early next year, the store will create 40 new jobs.

Lichfields, the planning and development consultancy, secured planning permission for the store on the vacant site, off Main Street.

Graham Burr, Lidl UK’s regional head of property, said: “We could not be more delighted to have received planning permission, and look forward to getting started on construction in early April.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the local community for their continued support, and very much look forward to opening our doors and offering our fresh, quality, great value products in the not too distant future.”

Adam Jackson, senior planner at Lichfields in Leeds, commented: “We are delighted to hear that construction will get underway in the next few weeks following the successful securing of planning permission.

“The site has stood vacant for a number of years and the new store will help boost the overall attractiveness of the town centre.”

The development will include a total of 116 parking spaces, consisting of 101 standard bays, seven disabled spaces and eight parent and toddler bays.

Sainsbury’s bought the site in 2010 and secured planning permission for a new store in 2011. But in April 2015, as demolition was going ahead, the supermarket put the site on the market.