Businesses have been given notice to move out of a building in Midsomer Norton set to be knocked down for a potential new Lidl.

SDS Garage Doors, Radstock Window Warehouse, and PrimeTools Ltd are among the businesses based in the St Barnabas Yard building on Radstock Road. It is believed the site is being cleared for a new, larger Lidl for the town. 

A spokesperson for the supermarket said it was a site of interest, but had not been purchased by Lidl. 

A statement sent out by SDS Garage Doors to customers said: “It is great sadness that with effect from October 31, 2024, SDS Garage Doors will close its doors at the Radstock Road site after 24 years of successful trading. Our hand has been forced due to the fact that we had been given notice to leave our premises.”

The company said that, faced with the “momentous” task of relocating and finding a showroom, it would be merging with Bristol-based Garage Doors & Automation. The statement said: “They will be employing our valued fitters.”

The owners of the building submitted a notification to Bath and North East Somerset Council in March that they planned to demolish the building.

Lidl announced earlier this year that it was on the lookout for sites to open hundreds of new sites across the country, including a site to relocate their Midsomer Norton High Street store to. The supermarket said it was looking for sites with space for buildings between 18,000 and 26,500 sq ft and over 100 car parking spaces.