Major home-ware chain reveals plans to open new store at West Sussex village business park

Home, garden and leisure goods retailer The Range wants to open a store at Billingshurst Business Park and is currently seeking planning permission from Horsham District Council.

The Range, which operates more than 200 stores nationally, would be sited near Lidl if planning consent is granted.

Agents for property developers Dunmoore – the RPS Group – say: “A new retail warehouse store on this site could provide access to a range of retail products at affordable prices for the residents of Billingshurst and the surrounding communities, in a convenient and accessible location.”

They say the new store would create 80 new full and part-time jobs for local people.

The Range, which opened its first store in 1984 in Exeter, aims to offer ‘mid-price home and garden products.’ say RPS. “This is a unique product offer for the UK market and one that intrinsically requires a great deal of retail space, purpose-built designs and comprehensive buying ability to ensure a consistent supply of stock.”

They add: “The store will provide a complementary addition to shopping facilities reducing the need for residents to shop further afield including outside the district.”

Among products on offer by The Range are: Pet products; Toys and outdoor leisure goods; Furniture and flooring products, including rugs, fabrics, curtains, blinds and poles; Stationery including arts and crafts; Bathroom and household goods including textiles and soft furnishings including cushions; Seasonal goods relating to Christmas, Halloween, Easter and Summer; Hardware, DIY and garden goods; Painting and decorating products; Kitchen, bathroom and dining room goods and accessories; Beds and bedroom furniture including home storage; Home decoration products including cleaning and laundry goods, linens, china, glassware,

and cooking utensils; Pictures, mirrors, clocks and decorative accessories; Health and beauty goods; Small electrical goods including technology accessories; and Food and drink for consumption off the premises.

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No planning decisions have yet been made on the Billingshurst store but The Range already has shops in Crawley and other areas in Sussex including Chichester, Worthing, Newhaven and Eastbourne.