Aldi planning to construct new store in Longford
Aldi is planning to construct a new store in Longford, creating several jobs.
ALDI today, September 7, announced that it is submitting its planning application to develop a new store in Granard.
The proposed Granard store is part of a €33.6 million investment in four Midlands counties over the next two years.
As part of the company’s overall growth and development strategy in Ireland, ALDI has submitted planning applications to construct four new stores across the Midlands, at Tullamore (Offaly), Moate (Westmeath), Granard (Longford) and Kilcock (Kildare).
If approved, the proposed stores would all open by 2025, creating 120 permanent jobs across the region, with 200 jobs supported during the construction phase.
Meanwhile, a new report published today has found that grocery retail consumers across Ireland are losing out on savings of €78,333 every month due to delays in planning appeal decisions.
The report, compiled by Dublin City University's (DCU’s) Professor Emeritus of Economics, Anthony Foley, and commissioned by discount retailer ALDI, looks at the consumer and wider economic impacts of delays by An Bord Pleanála deciding on third-party appeals of ALDI planning applications over the five-year period 2018 to 2022.
“The Financial Impact of Ireland’s Planning System Delays on Irish Consumers,” details that of the 16 appeals of ALDI planning applications made to An Bord Pleanála over the five-year period, 13 experienced decision delays resulting in total savings forgone to consumers of almost €10 million.
An Bord Pleanála has a statutory deadline of 18-weeks to reach a decision, however over the period analysed in this report, ALDI has experienced delays of up to 91 weeks in excess of this deadline. Furthermore, €1.7 million per month is lost in spending with ALDI suppliers, 330 of whom are local Irish companies.