Supermarket plan for ex-NCR site

The NCR factory shut its doors for the last time in May

The Asda supermarket chain has confirmed it wants to build a new store on the former NCR site at Wester Gourdie in Dundee.

The company will lodge a planning application later this month which will be part of the first phase of the redevelopment of the site.

NCR ceased manufacture there earlier this year after more than 60 years in the city.

The proposed supermarket would create up to 480 new jobs.

A public exhibition of the plans will be held on Thursday, 23 July and Saturday, 25 July before a planning application is submitted to Dundee City Council. Asda is also writing to local residents with information on the proposals.

Third store

"We are pleased to announce this important public consultation for the plans," said Lisa Rooke, Asda's property communications manager for Scotland.

"Asda takes public consultation very seriously and we hope that local residents will take the time to come and learn more about our exciting proposals. We value this feedback so that we are able to deliver a supermarket that the area can be proud of.

"We currently have two popular and well-performing stores in the city, and the new store will complement our existing stores and extend our offer to the west of Dundee."

The proposed new jobs would be a mixture of full-time and part-time positions.

The NCR factory in Dundee shut its doors for the last time in May.

The company, famous for its cash registers and automatic teller machines, effectively ended mass manufacturing more than two years ago with the loss of more than 600 jobs.

It has retained a research and development operation on an adjacent site.