Plan for new Tesco Express store in Ushaw Moor approved

Developers have been given the go-ahead for the £800,000 plans which will see the site of the former Empire Cinema and Working Men’s Club in the County Durham village of Ushaw Moor transformed.

Work building the store is set to begin on the store this spring, and bosses anticipate it will open before the end of the year.

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The store, on the corner of Cockhouse Lane and Station Road will create six jobs, have an ATM and will be open from 7am til 10pm, according to planning documents.

A total of 17 new parking bays including two disabled spaces, an EV charging point and bike storage are all included in the plans.

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Stephanie Linnell, from firm George F. White who led on the planning application, said: “We are really pleased to have secured planning consent for this new Tesco store which will add a new, quality facility to the local area.

“As well as creating six direct jobs, the project will partnered with North East companies as much as possible to boost local supply chains during the construction phase. As a business born out of the North East, we have always been passionate about supporting investment like this into the region.”

The supermarket also revealed plans last month for a new store in the Southwick area of Sunderland.