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Plans unveiled for Lidl store and nearly 130 homes

Plans for a Lidl foodstore and nearly 130 houses and apartments off Dudbridge Road in Stroud have been revealed.

The scheme for the Avocet Industrial Estate would replace the site of Stroud Metal Company (SMC), which is moving to a new base in Stonehouse.

Matthew Large, managing director of SMC, said: "There are immense benefits to the local community of this scheme which revitalises a much neglected site, currently blighted by flood risk.

"With the works to be completed, the entire site will brought completely out of the flood plain allowing for its continued flood risk free use even in a severe flood event

"Provision is made for a Lidl budget foodstore. This is a reduction in the size of foodstore in comparison to a previous extant permission for another operator, though would create a mixture of 40 full and part-time employment opportunities at the Lidl foodstore plus additional employment opportunities elsewhere on the site.

"The housing part of the scheme would create approximately 130 residential units on a regenerated brownfield site adjacent to the Stroudwater Canal encouraging use of existing sustainable infrastructure and reducing development pressure on local green-field land elsewhere in the Stroud Valleys.

"These residences would include a mixture of flats, duplex apartments and houses."

Mr Large said SMC would generate enough revenue from the sale of the site to allow the construction and relocation of Stroud Metal to a brand new premises in Stonehouse, safeguarding the employment of 62 people and creating employment opportunities for approximately 100 more over the coming years.

Earlier this year, after support from Stroud District Council and the GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership, SMC was awarded a £3.5 million loan to allow the construction of its brand new premises in Stonehouse.

Picture caption: An artist's impression of the proposed development.

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