A Wiltshire councillor has provided an update on plans for a new Lidl store in the county.

The discount chain won planning permission to build a 2,280sq metre supermarket, and ten employment units, to the east of Oxford Road in Calne last year.

But this approval was quickly quashed following objections from Tesco representatives claiming planning policy had not been followed correctly.

A subsequent application was submitted by Lidl in May last year but, at the time of writing, remains undetermined by the council.

This is despite the most recent deadline for a decision passing on Monday, September 30.

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At a Calne Town Council meeting on the day of the deadline, Cllr Sam Pearce-Kearney, who had requested an update from the planning department, confirmed the decision process was ongoing.

In a statement included in the agenda for the meeting, he said: “I can provide an update on the Lidl application following a conversation with the planning department.

“The situation is the same as it was previously.

“This is a large-scale development with lots of interest and it's not uncommon in these circumstances for planning applications to take longer than the government's timescales for determination.

“All the relevant matters are still being worked through and the council will determine the application as quickly as possible.”