Developer completes new retail park

A developer has achieved practical completion of a new retail park in Long Eaton.

Stadium Business Park is a commercial development, which will be home to a new Lidl supermarket and Wickes store.

The 1.68-hectare retail park has been built by Clowes Developments on a brownfield former industrial site, off Nottingham Road, which had stood derelict for a decade.

All amenities, landscaping and boundary treatments are now in place including car parking for 170 vehicles, including EV charging, parent and child parking and disabled spaces, and a service yard.

It is expected that the new Wickes store will open before the Easter Weekend, and that the Lidl supermarket will open this summer.

Marc Freeman, director at Clowes Developments, said: “The site had been derelict for 10 years and in the planning stage since 2018, so it’s positive that the site has now been developed and turned into an asset for the local community, creating jobs and bringing economic benefits to the town.

“We are sure the new Lidl and Wickes stores will be very popular.”