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APPROVED: Lidl to build £70m headquarters in Tolworth with promise of 5,000 jobs
Cut-price supermarket chain Lidl has been granted permission to build a £70m UK headquarters in Tolworth – a move which it says will bring up to 5,000 new jobs to London.
Councillors met at the Guildhall last night and granted planning permission for the German-based company to build a 240,000 ft² base at the former site of the Hook Venturer Sports Club, in Jubilee Way. The plans, which were unanimously agreed by Kingston Council’s development control committee, will now be referred to City Hall for final approval. If successful, the company said it hopes to begin works on the site early next year.
The supermarket chain said the future investment projects because of the build could lead to almost 250 stores opening in the London over the coming years. But despite the investment, some residents have questioned the scale of the building given neaby developments. In July, plans to build 705 homes on the nearby Toby Jug site were rejected by councillors with density and traffic congestion their biggest concerns. Developer Meyer Bergman is expected to return with an even larger application in the coming months. Work has already begun on building four blocks of flats near Tolworth Tower, plans which were met with fierce opposition by ward councillors and many residents.
Tolworth councillors Ian George, Chris Hayes and Richard Hudson posted on their website before the decision that Lidl’s move could be seen as “a bit of a coup”: The cut-price supermarket chain agreed a £10m deal for the land with Kingston Council in July last year.
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