Shopping
Calne hosts Sainsbury's, Co-operative and Iceland supermarkets. The town has witnessed a number of transient enterprises in recent years and several units on the dated Phelps Parade remain empty. However, an expansion of the Somerfield (Now Co-operative) store in the town centre was completed in September 2007 and a Tesco Express store opened in the Lansdowne Park district in December that year, replacing the former One Stop outlet.
As part of the 'New Heart of Calne' initiative, a section of the outdated Phelps Parade was redeveloped in 2009 and new mixed-use building constructed in its place, part Cotswold stone and part red brick. This was originally intended as a Woolworths outlet but during Summer 2011 became home to fashion retailer M&Co. Domino Pizza has purchased a unit within the newly developed 'New Heart of Calne' which opened in mid December 2011. A new glass roof section and roof lining was installed at Phelps Parade in 2009 to improve its appearance, and although a future large-scale redevelopment/replacement is anticipated (which may include the complete removal of the existing buildings), no firm plans have been confirmed.
Tescos is also looking to develop a site just off the bypass to build a supermarket equivalent in size to Morrisons in Chippenham. This would provide around 150 more jobs to the local community should they get planning permission.
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