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RIVAL retailers have clashed about a proposed new store in Bognor Regis. Lidl has protested about the proposed presence of rival discount retailer, Aldi, directly opposite its planned new outlook. THe Salt Box development in Shripney Road, of which the 1,785sq m Aldi will form the principal tenant, has again been deferred by Arun District Council. Councillors were due to have
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debated granting planning permission at Wednesday’s meeting of the development control committee. But they were told it was withdrawn from the committee agenda. THeir debate is now likely to take place at the committee’s August 7 meeting. THe Environment Agency has since added its concerns about the site’s drainage. Meanwhile, Lidl has told the council of its unhappiness with the Salt Box
proposals. Comments on its behalf by town planner Jason Lowes state: “THe proposed Aldi store potentially threatens the provision of the committed Lidl store on Oldlands Farm investment by introducing an entirely new convenience discount retailer in close proximity to the proposed Lidl store at Oldlands Farm. “Our assessment is that a trade diversion of £5.54m, or 41 per cent, from
Lidl at Oldlands Farm to the proposed Aldi foodstore at Salt Box is more likely.” THis was greater than the 24 per cent, or £3.27m of the Lidl’s forecast turnover in 2022, set out in the planning application for Salt Box. “We consider that this figure underrepresents the actual level of trade diversion from Lidl, which is likely to be materially greater. See page five
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