“A paradise for thieves” – Lidl cycle parking placement prompts planning probe Discount store secured planning permission on travel plan including putting bike racks outside front of store – but they’ve been placed towards the back cycling
Discount supermarket operator Lidl is facing a planning probe following a complained that the position of cycle parking in a new branch of the chain in the Forest of Dean is not in the same position as it was when plans were first submitted and will make it easier for thieves to steal bikes.
The provision of cycle parking was a condition of the German-owned business securing planning permission in late 2020 through demonstrating that it had a travel plan in place. The business said in its travel plan that there would be space for 12 bicycles, but Mr Burton said that the problem did not relate to how much cycle parking there is at the store, but rather where the facility is located.
“Lidl got the car parking right, the disabled parking right, the electric car parking right, and the motorcycle parking right; the only one they got wrong is the greenest, healthiest, cheapest mode of transport,” he added. Last year, the Bicycle Association and the Cycle Rail Working Group published a new set of Standards for Public Cycle Parking, which they recommended be adopted immediately by purchasers of public cycle equipment.The standards are contained in a 45-page document, including guidance on issues such as where cycle parking should be located, saying: “Cycle parking should be as close to the desired destination as possible – especially when catering for commuters and for shoppers.
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