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South Oxhey’s long-awaited Lidl supermarket opened its doors at 8am on Thursday 3 November.
The 18,800 sq ft store on the corner of Oxhey Drive and Prestwick Road is an impressive addition to the retail offering and is much bigger than the old Co-op store which closed in February 2020. Parking is all at ground floor level. There are 56 spaces under cover accessed from Oxhey Drive where there is an electronic display indicating the number of free spaces available. There are another 16 spaces off Prestwick Road including two electric charging points. The shop has 5 staffed checkouts and another 10 self-service ones and there is a cash payment option at some of them. The store will have around 40 employees, half of which will be local people. Loyalty scheme Lidl operate a ‘Lidl plus’ loyalty scheme via an app on your mobile phone. Once you’ve registered you’ll get discount coupons, special offers and draws on a monthly basis each time you scan your digital card at the till. Notifications of special offers are also sent direct via the app. “We were both very impressed on our visit. It has the ‘wow’ factor. We did a bit of shopping while we were there, not least because the doughnuts were winking at us,” said Councillor Stephen Cox. |
The savvy shoppers both look quite pleased!
Councillor Stephen King at the car park entrance.
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South Oxhey Playing Fields to get upgraDE
Digital mock-up of new equipment coming to South Oxhey Playing fields
NEW leisure equipment is to go in at South Oxhey Playing Fields following a consultation.
Facilities there had become rundown after a lack of investment from Lib Dem-run Three Rivers Council going back years.
The £375,000 upgrade, which Labour Rose advised back in February was on the cards, can now go ahead in 2023.
Almost 250 people, 67% of them women, responded to the council’s consultation and over half of those who responded were in the 30-44 age bracket.
The Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) is to be upgraded as are the tennis courts and a new dog agility course and skate park also form part of the overall scheme.
The owners of the Pavilion, closed since 2018, lost a challenge against the building being listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). An ACV means the local community is informed if it is for sale and have six months in which to raise the funding to buy it. They are appealing against the decision.
Facilities there had become rundown after a lack of investment from Lib Dem-run Three Rivers Council going back years.
The £375,000 upgrade, which Labour Rose advised back in February was on the cards, can now go ahead in 2023.
Almost 250 people, 67% of them women, responded to the council’s consultation and over half of those who responded were in the 30-44 age bracket.
The Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) is to be upgraded as are the tennis courts and a new dog agility course and skate park also form part of the overall scheme.
The owners of the Pavilion, closed since 2018, lost a challenge against the building being listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). An ACV means the local community is informed if it is for sale and have six months in which to raise the funding to buy it. They are appealing against the decision.
Asbestos concerns tackled
COUNCILLOR Stephen Cox persuaded Thrive Homes to get rid of asbestos at the old bin stores next to Filton House.
He had pressed them for action since October 2021 and coincidentally was out and about and pictured the workmen who came to safely remove and dispose of it. He is pressing them for more action at similar blocks of flats in South Oxhey. |
Replacement tree to comeCOUNCILLOR Stephen King has kept up the pressure to get a new tree installed in Fairfield Avenue to replace the original which is missing.
“November is the planting season and so it should make a reappearance”, he said. 
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