Revealed - the shape of what’s in store for Colne
THE new Sainsbury’s supermarket in Colne is starting to take shape.
The former Coach House Antiques site in North Valley Road, was bulldozed last year in preparation.
It is expected that construction will last for around a year.
The supermarket is set to employ 320 people, of which 100 will be full-time jobs.
Planning permission was given in June 2008 after a store war broke out between Sainsbury and Tesco over the development of the site that is bounded by Windsor Street, Windy Bank and Norfolk Street.
The regular-sized Sainsbury’s store, which is to take up 45,000 sq ft, has divided the community, with fears that it could decimate town centre trade and lead to further traffic on the already congested North Valley Road.
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