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Tesco In Newport? Plans For Express Store At Former Laura Ashley

It looks like Newport could be about to get its first Tesco store.

Plans have been submitted to convert the former Laura Ashley shop, on the corner of St Thomas' Square and the High Street, into a Tesco Express.

If approved, proposals would see 35 and 36 High Street amalgamate to form one ground floor and first floor building. 

Floor plans put forward by Daniells Harrison Chartered Surveyor, on behalf of Tesco Express, show space for a retail sales area, and a ground floor plantroom.

Internal partitions would be knocked down and masonry party walls would be partially removed. There would also be alterations to the shop front.

It would be Tesco's sixth store on the Island — alongside its new supermarket in Freshwater, Tesco Extra in Ryde and Express stores in Lake, Wootton and Ventnor.

Laura Ashley closed its doors back in 2020.

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