A planning application to build a 1,506 sqm Aldi retail foodstore in Ross is due to go back before the Herefordshire Council planning committee on August 9th.

The store, which will be situated on the Gardner Butcher Garages site in Brookend Street, has re-submitted its application as the original planned building has had to be moved in order to comply with Welsh Water's waterworks requirements, and the resulting internal layout and design changes.

Aldi have existing planning permission, which is valied for three years, to demolish the existing buildings, if they wish to do so.

Hoardings were erected around the Gardner Butcher garage last November, after Aldi came under pressure from Councillor Andrew Atkinson, and Herefordshire Council's Planning Enforcement team, to get the site tidied up to improve that area of the town.

Councillor Atkinson says he has been trying to get the Gardner Butcher Garage/Aldi situation sorted out since he was elected.

Councillor Atkinson said: "My attitude has always been: If they are coming, then come, if not then knock the eye sore buildings down and smarten that end of town up."

For the full story please see this week's Ross Gazette.