Land for discount food stores

Flat, compact land of 0.6 to 3 ha, at least 60 m across, within 100 m of an A road and 500 m of a town: room for a store of about 20,000 sq ft and 100 parking spaces. Towns of under 5,000 people are left out.

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  1. 0.6 to 3 ha
  2. Compact
  3. At least 60 m across
  4. Within 100 m of an A road and 500 m of a town
  5. Flat
  6. Not a house
GlenfieldsBlaby Site size2.25 ha (5.6 acres)Distance to an A road19 mDistance to built-up areaAdjoiningTown or city population407,884Widest point130 mDistance to a supermarket911 m Open this site on the map

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Roads and traffic
Distance to a motorway and to an A road, and the daily traffic count on the road where the Department for Transport counts it.
Shape and ground
Width at the widest point, how compact the plot is, its slope and the share in each flood zone.
The town it serves
The population of the built-up area, and spare demand capacity at the nearest primary substation.

Why these rules

Discount food stores ask for 1.5 to 2 acres close to a main road, for a store of about 20,000 sq ft and 100 parking spaces (Lidl, Aldi requirements); Aldi prefers town centre or edge of centre sites in towns of 15,000 people or more.

Retail is a main town centre use: outside a centre the sequential test applies, and a store over 2,500 m² gross, or the local plan's lower threshold, needs an impact assessment (NPPF, August 2026, TC3 and TC4). Woodland is left out. Towns under 5,000 people are left out (Lidl looks for about 5,000); under 15,000 rank lower (Aldi looks for about 15,000).

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Some of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.

Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.

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