Planning permission for the retail scheme was granted at last Tuesday’s (June 4) Planning Committee meeting of Mid Ulster District Council. The redevelopment plans, lodged by MBA Planning, Citylink Business Park, Belfast, on behalf of Lidl NI, also include car-parking provision, landscaping and associated site works. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
The site is largely vacant, as the planning officer’s report notes: “The proposed site consists of the former Tesco retail unit and also the existing Cookstown Tyre depot on Burn Road and Orritor Road. “There are also a pair of semi detached dwellings in the north west of the site – no. 49 and 47 Burn Road.
“The proposal will involve the demolition of the existing disused former building, the demolition of the tyre repair depot and the pair of semi-detached dwellings to provide for a new Lidl supermarket, car parking and access road which will access off the existing mini-roundabout on Orritor Road. “A retail development of this size is not capable of being housed within the existing primary retail core and therefore, it is clear that it cannot be located within that designation. Advertisement Advertisement “The primary retail core consists predominantly of the main street area (William Street leading to James Street) where a development of this size and associated parking could not be hou.