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New plans to demolish and then rebuild a budget supermarket have been submitted after a five-year delay. The proposals for Aldi in East Street, Sittingbourne include knocking down the empty Swale Martial Arts Club building next door to make way for a bigger shop. Aldi says it is “on the lookout” for new members of staff to help meet consumer demand as it expands the store. Planning permission for the discount supermarket’s expansion has been granted twice by Swale council already, firstly in December 2018 and then in March last year. But bosses of the German-owned giant told councillors they w…

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