Aldi is launching a public consultation on its plans for a new store on the garden centre site in Dedworth Road, Windsor.

The supermarket chain has bought part of the brownfield site with the garden centre on it from development company Wates in December.

Aldi’s proposals include a new 'value for money' food store with free customer car parking and landscaping. 

The Aldi consultation is expected to get a mixed response from residents, many of whom had hoped that garden centre would be allowed to remain.

But the plan for a discount supermarket seems likely to be less controversial than plans to build houses on the old Squires Garden Centre site nearby were.

The Squires site was subject to a planning application for 37 houses which was turned down by councillors in December.

Cllr Wisdom Da Costa, who represents the Clewer and Dedworth West ward on the Royal Borough for the West Windsor Residents Association, said that the Aldi proposal is different from the housing plan on the Squires plot, as it would not represent such a major change of use because it kept a retail presence on the site.

He said councillors would still want to look at it in detail when it came forward as a planning application.

A spokesperson for Aldi said: “An Aldi food store on the Dedworth Road would deliver much-needed shopping choice in Windsor as well as permanent employment opportunities for local residents.

“We have worked hard to prepare the proposals for the site and look forward to hearing the views of the local community prior to submitting a planning application to Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council.”

As part of the public consultation, Aldi has launched a dedicated website where residents can give their views and be kept updated on the progress of its proposals. To find out more about Aldi’s proposals for Dedworth Road, please visit www.aldiconsult.co.uk/windsor or get in touch with a member of the project team by calling 0117 214 1820.

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