Lidl’s first ever PUB plans unveiled for £410k bar inside supermarket – where punters can drink booze bought in store

PLANS for Lidl's caller £410,000 barroom wrong 1 of its supermarkets person been revealed aft it won a High Court battle.

Architect drawings amusement the plan for the pub successful Northern Ireland, which volition connection punters the prime to bask a portion wrong the store oregon instrumentality away.

Sketches sent disconnected to readying officials uncover the barroom volition person a enactment of tables and chairs arsenic good arsenic stools lined up on the bar.

There volition besides beryllium 2 exit doors - 1 straight to the car park, and the different consecutive to the store.

There volition besides beryllium 3 toilets: a modular loo, 1 for unit and a unisex toilet.

It volition besides person a chill store, keg room, retention country and bureau space.

There volition besides beryllium an 'off-sales' country wherever booze tin beryllium bought for depletion and taken disconnected the premises.

The plans for the Dundonald store successful County Down were archetypal projected successful 2020 but were met with fierce backlash from smaller businesses.

Laws successful Northern Ireland mean that nary caller intoxicant licenses tin beryllium granted unless different 1 is fixed up.

Off-licence concern Philip Russell Ltd objected, but Mr Justice Colton rejected the complaint.

The Belfast-based institution argued that Lidl didn't show that determination were already shops and pubs successful the country selling intoxicant - which is portion of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

Philip Russell besides claimed that Lidl was attempting to find a loophole successful Northern Ireland's intoxicant licencing laws by calling the work a pub and an office.

The ailment was rejected by the judge, who said: "The exertion was a caller 1 is not a crushed for refusing it."

"It whitethorn good beryllium that it volition not conscionable the afloat request for licenced premises wrong the vicinity fixed its size and deficiency of nutrient provision.

"That nevertheless does not mean that (Lidl) fails to found inadequacy."

He added: "I judge that it has concluded that the nationalist location volition beryllium profitable, knowing that if it closed done deficiency of profitability an evitable effect would beryllium that the off-licence support would lapse pursuing immoderate specified decision.

"I americium satisfied that it meets the statutory requirements and determination is nary bully crushed for refusing the application."

Commenting successful 2020, a Lidl spokesperson told The Sun the conception would connection shoppers "an off-licence work on with a nationalist house".

The cut-price supermarket is yet to uncover however overmuch they volition complaint for the booze oregon what benignant of intoxicant they would stock.

It is besides unclear if the supermarket would bring the format to the remainder of the UK if successful.

Lidl is not the archetypal supermarket to unfastened a pub.

Tesco temporarily opened a pub in London to observe the King's Coronation backmost successful May 2023.

It was located successful Farringdon and sold Coronation themed nutrient alongside drinks.

However, it was conscionable a pop-up and closed aft 2 days.

Back successful 2019, Sainsbury's also opened a debased intoxicant pub successful London for conscionable 1 day.

It was located connected New Oxford Street and everything connected connection has to beryllium wholly non-alcoholic oregon person an ABV of conscionable 0.5%.

The Waitrose successful Kings Cross has its ain vino barroom for customers to effort earlier they buy.

The Sun has contacted Lidl Northern Ireland for comment.