A SUPERMARKET is planning a new bakery to meet ‘incredible demand’.

Lidl UK has submitted a planning application to update its store on Rigby Street in Nelson with a new bakery that will add an extra 136 square metres to the store.

Lidl UK’s regional head of property, Nick Harvey, said: “We are always looking at ways to improve our existing portfolio of stores. We’ve seen incredible demand in the Rigby Street Lidl store, so have decided to take this step to increase our bakery offering in order to enhance the shopping experience for our customers.”

The company hopes that a decision will be made on the application by August.

The supermarket, which was named the 'best in 2016' by readers of ‘Good Housekeeping’, has experienced continued growth over the years.

The first Lidl in the UK opened in 1994 and today it has more than 600 across the country.

The supermarket chain's latest financial results outline its continued growth, with a year-on-year sales increase of 18.8 per cent and market share high of five per cent.