Lidl Apply For Kilcoole Main Street

In the bag…?

aving been first mooted in December, German retail giant Lidl have now filed a pre-validation planning application with Wicklow County Council for a Kilcoole outlet.

Their plans for the 1,430sqm supermarket on the town’s main street have changed slightly though.

Now, alongside Lidl there will be a café and five two-bed, two-storey houses.

The new application reads…

The construction of a mixed use (Discount Foodstore Supermarket anchored) development. The proposed development consists of: 1) A single storey (with mezzanine plant deck) Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence use measuring c. 2,512 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of c. 1,495 sqm; 2) A single storey Café unit measuring c. 100 sqm (with external seating area); 3) A terrace of 5 no. two bed two storey dwellings; 4) An access road from Main Street serving the proposed development and providing links for future development on adjoining lands; and, 5) Associated car parking (including electric car charging facilities), cycle parking, free standing and building mounted signage, trolley bay cover / enclosure, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, roof mounted solar panels, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, electricity sub-station building, works and connections to water supply, wastewater and surface water infrastructure and utilities, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level.

Situated at the car park beside The Mollys, the owners of the land, Brookhampton, have had to rethink their own housing plans for the area, giving Lidl a chunk of their property for their Kilcoole outlet.

Speaking in December, Cllr Tom Fortune spoke of the need to include a by-pass road at the rear of any major development like this in the heart of Kilcoole. Lidl, he said, “cannot be allowed to exit on the main street“. The man got his wish.

Filed on September 9th, you can find the full application over on Wicklow Planning here, case no. 2460545, with submissions by October 13th, and the decision coming on November 3rd. 33-page Visual Assessment here.