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Search the Public Notice PortalChanges are on the way at the busy Reading Retail Park which is set to get a new supermarket in the future.
Plans have been approved to make changes to the former Wrens Kitchen store so that Halfords can relocate into a smaller unit.
Work is currently underway on the former kitchen store near the entrance to the retail park, which has led to the loss of approximately 33 parking spaces, including two disabled spaces, during the construction phase.
Staff at Halfords have not been given an exact date for when the relocation will take place, but it is understood that work on the store it will occupy could be completed this Spring.
Although most of the parking spaces will be reinstated once the work is finished, two spaces will be gone for good to provide dropped crossing points to improve access for pedestrians.
Wrens Kitchens has been closed since 2018, with the company focusing on its store at Reading Gateway.
The relocation of Halfords will clear the way for the merger of the current unit with the former Carpet Right store, to create a larger combined unit for Lidl.
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Plans for Lidl to open at the retail park were confirmed when the German supermarket giant submitted a licensing application to sell alcohol from 7am to 11pm each day.
No objections to this application were received following the end of a statutory consultation in August last year.
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Carpet Right closed in September 2023, due to the lease of the unit expiring.
A message on the door states: "Sorry, this store is now closed, our nearest store is at Reading Gate.
"We would like to thank our customers for their support and hope to see you in the near future."
At KFC, changes to the drive-thru were approved to allow it to process two orders at a time in July 2023.
However, the ordering equipment does not appear to have been installed yet, and drivers will still have to use one lane when using the drive-thru.
Plans for changes to the retail park have been achieved by its owning company Threadneedle in a series of applications to Reading Borough Council.
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Details of the works to the unit that will be occupied by Halfords can be found by typing reference PL/23/1812 into the council's planning portal.
You can also view the plan to merge the existing Halfords and Carpet Right units to create space for Lidl using reference PL/22/1110. This project was approved in May last year.
Finally, approved advertising and drive-thru changes at KFC can be viewed using references PL/22/0073 and reference PL/22/0072.
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