Aldi: Plans for Hove store next to Toads Hole Valley Development

The new budget supermarket, planned for King George VI in Hove, would see the new store built near to the Toads Hole Valley development approved in 2022.

While the formal planning process has yet to begin, residents have expressed concerns about the effect on accessibility and the Devil’s Dyke interchange connecting the city to the A27 and A23.

A plan for the whole site (Image: Planning documents)

Plans for the site show how the new Aldi would sit next to the Toads Hole development and would include over 100 car parking spaces.

The store would be built at the end of King George VI Avenue and would sit next to the roundabout.

This would be Aldi’s fourth site in the city after stores in Lewes Road, London Road and in Portslade.

Sharing the plans on social media, Brighton and Hove City Councillor Ivan Lyons told The Argus he was “neutral” on the plans. He said that residents in his ward, which neighbours the development, had shared concerns about how the development would affect them.

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He added: “At the moment the store isn’t needed, however if the houses get built then it would be.

“How this could affect traffic is what most people in my ward are complaining about. It already backs up most of the time up there anyway.”

Cllr Lyons added that representatives from Aldi had answered questions about how the infrastructure around the site would be managed and that they were “liaising with officers and National Highways” on this.

Plans for the front of the store (Image: Planning documents)

He added that plans for the development were expected to be formally submitted for planning approval “by the end of the year”.

Plans for the Toads Hole Valley site were amended in March to include more homes after plans for a school in the area were deemed surplus to requirements.

The development is expected to include just under 900 homes.

Other amenities proposed in the new planning development include community and sports facilities wildlife sites and improvements to roads, cycle paths and walkways.