South Belfast residents have won their battle with the Irish Football Association and Tesco over the creation of a Lidl supermarket complex beside Windsor Park.
Blackstaff Residents Association, local politicians and others supported the Lidl complex plan, while the football association and Tesco supermarket voiced objections. The IFA are responsible for Windsor Park.
The report states Lidl in reply questioned the catchment area claims by Tesco, stating their proposal “will significantly benefit the residents of the Blackstaff Ward, all of which is within the 400m walk-in catchment and the majority within the 800m walk-in catchment.” The report states Lidl claimed the proposal would also “benefit residents of the Windsor Ward, which also has a higher proportion of households without access to a car than both the Belfast and NI average.
“The investment to the area and the jobs it will bring are very much welcome. The community next to this site is under neighbourhood renewal with the Department for Communities, and I don’t have to explain what that means, but an affordable shopping facility will be very much welcome.” The council and the IFA were at odds with each other during the Planning Committee over the Boulevard outside Windsor Park, which belongs to the council. The IFA have been granted limited control of the Boulevard before, during and after major events only.
“However it is our view the council has failed to properly relay the obligations set out in the overarching agreement to Lidl, and this is important as that agreement applies to all events. She added: “This is important and we would draw attention to an incident that occurred after the end of the league cup final which was held at the stadium on Sunday March 12th.
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