Sainsburys Hamstead

Sainsburys announced in 2013 a proposal to redevelop the GKN Factory site as a new supermarket. By June 2015 the site had been cleared.

The development did not proceed and in 2019 a planning application was made for a new Lidl store on the site.

The proposals included a new 30,665 sq ft (2,849 sq m) Sainsbury’s foodstore and six employment units. The store would  have created 200 full and part-time job opportunities for local residents and increase food shopping choice in the area. Sainsbury’s Hamstead will include:

• A wide range of Sainsbury’s popular food and non-food products
• A first floor customer café/restaurant
• An in-store bakery
• Customer toiletsCash machines
• Around 300 parking spaces
• Dedicated disabled and parent/child facilities
• Motorcycle and bicycle parking
• New trees and other landscaping around the site
• A recycling centre
• Pick-up and drop-off point
• Facilities to deliver online grocery orders directly from the store
• Pedestrian and cycle access