Plans for a bigger and better Lidl supermarket in Darwen have been approved by the council. The store is set to be built at the former Belgrave Mill in Bolton Road and will replace the current store in Duckworth Street, which developers said had become “constrained” and sometimes overcrowded.

But no objections were received from West Sussex Highways and the plans were approved unanimously. In January 2021, Lidl was given permission to move into the Homebase site. But as that permission is valid until January 2026,