HOME Bargains has been given the green light for a new store in Whitley.
The budget retailer’s application to occupy a unit at the Brunel Retail Park was approved by Reading Borough Council’s planning committee on Wednesday, July 20.
The space became available after Go Outdoors closed in February this year.
To prepare for the arrival of Home Bargains, retail park owners MCTGF applied to combine units four and five to provide the new occupants with 4,546 square metres of floor space.
Of that, 840 metres will be reserved for food and drink to be eaten off premises.
Cllr Andrew Hornsby-Smith, Labour councillor for Church, said: “I entirely support the application, I welcome that two empty units are going to be filled.
“That’s good news, not only for Whitley but neighbouring Church ward as well.”
Work to combine the two units was agreed unanimously.
A condition of the approval states what items that can be sold at Home Bargains
This includes DIY, furniture and home products, car parts and accessories, sports and leisure goods, games, toys and items for pets.
The condition applies to any future occupants of units four and five as well.
