Supermarket giant Aldi has confirmed that it will be opening another store on the Isle of Wight – this time in Newport.
Joining Costa and McDonald’s, Aldi is the latest national chain to announce that it will be heading to St George’s Retail Park.
The new store will complement existing Aldi outlets in Cowes and Lake.
The news has been confirmed through a licensing application to the Isle of Wight Council, where the supermarket giant is seeking permission to sell alcohol. If the licence is approved, it would allow the shop to sell alcohol to customers for all the hours it is proposed to be open — 06:00 to midnight, Monday to Sunday.
Documents submitted as part of the application are asking for the licence to start from 8th September, despite the store not being physically built yet. In fact, not a single spade has been put into the ground…
A second round of planning permission for the St George’s Retail Park was approved earlier this year following changes to the designs — which saw the addition of the Costa Drive-Thru and a shrinking in overall retail floor space.
Plans for a retail park on the former home of Newport Football Club have been in the works for years, with designs first unveiled in 2018.
Now, 4 years later, preliminary work has started at the football’s new ground near the Racecourse Roundabout in Whippingham but final planning conditions are waiting to be discharged before building work can start. It has been required by the Isle of Wight Council that the football ground is available to use before the retail units can be brought into use.
