A SUPERMARKET has announced plans to set up a store on the edge of Pontypool and has submitted a pre-planning application to the town’s community council.

German chain Aldi hope to develop a branch on the Skewfields site, close to the roundabout that connects the A4042 and the A472.

The supermarket, which originates from the German city of Essen, has provided a pre-planning application to the Pontypool council, before submitting a plan to Torfaen County Borough Council.

Plans in the pre-planning application include the building of a food store with associated access, car parking and landscaping of the site.

A replacement car park is also part of the proposals to cover the space which will be lost by the current industrial buildings, should plans go ahead.

All the information about the plans for the potential supermarket will be publicly available and residents are encouraged to submit their views to the company.

It will be on display at the Pontypool library on Hanbury Road between the hours of 9.30am and 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as 9.30am and 5.30pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.

On Saturdays, the information is available between 9am and 4pm.

The borough already has a branch in Cwmbran, which is located just outside the town centre on Woodside Drive.

The pre-planning application will be presented to community councillors at the planning meeting on Wednesday, February 8.

Further information on the proposal can be found at aldiwales.co.uk/pontypool/ and the information is also available in Welsh.