A STORE could open for an hour longer if plans are approved.

Lidl UK has applied to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for permission to extend the store’s opening times by an extra hour between Monday and Saturday.

Currently, the store, in Worting Road, is open between 8am and 9pm, Monday to Saturday and 10am and 4pm on Sundays but the company is now seeking permission to open between 8am and 10pm, Monday to Saturday.

The application says: “The extension to the store’s trading hours is required to meet increasing demand and to respond to ever changing consumer shopping patterns who expect to be able to shop at times more convenient to their working lives.”