Supermarket makes licence bid for new Halifax store
Lidl has submitted a licence application for the store it wants to build in Halifax.
A planning application for the new supermarket and drive-thru coffee shop on Skircoat Road, submitted last year, is still awaiting a decision.
But Lidl has now submitted a request for a licence to sell alcohol from the site, where the bus depot used to be, from 7am until 11pm, Monday to Sunday.
People have until August 27 to comment on the licensing application by writing to Licensing Unit, Town Hall, Halifax, HX1 1UJ.
Consultation on the planning application has now closed.
The comments lodged have been mixed, with some in favour of the new venture but others raising concerns including about traffic, litter and noise.
According to the planning application, the new store and coffee shop would be open between 8am and 10pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am until 4pm on Sundays and bank holidays.
The supermarket giant says the plans would create 40 new jobs and regenerate a vacant, brownfield site.
A heritage assessment submitted with the planning bid says the bus depot closed in 2024 and an application was submitted for the demolition of the majority of the depot buildings.