Plans for Perthshire retail site

A company has revealed plans to breathe new life into 14 dormant Tesco sites including the one in Crieff.

London & Scottish Developments bought the sites last year and say their plans will deliver 2,000 jobs across Scotland.

Plans include letting a total of a quarter of a million square feet of retail shopping space to some of the biggest names on the High Street, including Aldi, Lidl, M&S, Home Bargains and one of the big four supermarket chains.

Four other Tesco sites have been sold on to house builders who will deliver over 300 new homes.

The 10 retail development sites are in Crieff, Thurso, Aviemore, Cupar, Cowdenbeath, Dalkeith, Paisley, East Kilbride, Kilmarnock, and Springburn in Glasgow.

Crieff is typical of roughly half of the sites where London and Scottish Developments plan to replace the original plans for a single Tesco supermarket with two or three ‘neighbourhood store’ sized buildings of around 20,000 sq ft.