DETAILS about a new discount supermarket which could be built off the Botley Road, Oxford, will be discussed for the first time publicly next month.

German retailer Aldi wants to create its new food store on the vacant site between Toys 'R Us and the Wickes home improvement store.

The site has existing planning consent for non-food use, with Oxford City Council anxious to limit traffic to the retail estate.

But Aldi, which specialises in selling its own food brands at discount prices, has submitted a planning application to build a two-storey building with 1,730 sq m of floorspace and a warehouse at the rear.