Planners back new Aldi store near Wolverhampton’s old Low Level station
Plans for an Aldi supermarket on a long-derelict site near an historic railway station are set to be approved tomorrow.
The land in Sun Street by Wolverhampton’s old Low Level station was intended to be part of a major regeneration project which included the Premier Inn, The Bluebrick pub and Grand Station conference centre.
When those plans were approved in 2006 the site was earmarked for a 23,000sq ft car showroom, but that part of the scheme never go off the ground and the site has remained derelict.
Tomorrow councillors will be asked to consider this alternative scheme - and officers have recommended that they grant planning permission.
Aldi’s original plan had been to place the store at the corner of Wednesfield Road and Sun Street but site investigations revealed a large drainage holding tank so the proposed store was moved away from the main road.
Parking for the supermarket, featuring 115 bays, would be where the site is closest to Wednesfield Road and Broad Gauge Way.
