SAINSBURY’S will open in Dorridge by next Christmas after
final council permissions were given, the firm said yesterday.
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It said it has now received a final decision notice for the Forest
Court scheme from Solihull Metropolitan Borough
Council.
In a statement, Sainsbury’s said: “Final preparations can
now be made to deliver the new store in time for Christmas 2014.
“It is anticipated that work to strip out the existing
buildings in Forest Court
will start in December, with the main demolition and construction
works expected to begin onsite in January.”
The scheme will flatten the 1960s shopping precinct for a
store with a top level car park of 184 spaces and refurbished and extended
Dorridge Practice GP surgery.
It will also include a cade, pharmacy and shop units.
The original 1,812sqm sales area plan was massively
controversial and was approved in November 2011.
But Sainsbury’s earlier this year said it would not start
work this year because of economic conditions.
It then won council permission to increase the sales area to
2,276sqm, some 26 per cent larger. A 2,462sqm plan was rejected in 2010.
It said this will allow it to sell non-food goods.
Project manager Nick Alston said: “Sainsbury’s would like to
thank the Dorridge community for their patience during the recent legal administration
phase of the application process.
“We are all very keen to see the construction work commence
onsite and we would like to reassure the Dorridge community that
everything is being done to have the store open for the community by the end of
2014.”
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