Leixlip shoppers will have to wait a bit longer for their very own Aldi store

Discount retailer Aldi has been forced to give the Council more information on its plans to build a store in Leixlip.

The German firm headquartered in New bridge wants to build a premises with a floor area of 1,820 square metres behind the Rye Vale Tavern premises in the town.

The project will require the demolition of parts of the well-known building which is a protected structure.

Engineers for Aldi submitted further information on the application to the Council last week after the local authority's planners requested more details.

A total of more than 100 car spaces are also planned with the development which will have its entrance on Pound Street.