Asda asks for permission to open Wakefield and Normanton stores 24 hours a day

Two local Asda stores may be allowed to open 24 hours a day, if the supermarket gets the required permission.
By David Spereall
Published 23rd Jul 2020, 16:48 BST
Updated 23rd Jul 2020, 17:26 BST
The company was asked for more details behind the request but declined to comment.The company was asked for more details behind the request but declined to comment.
The company was asked for more details behind the request but declined to comment.

The retailer has asked Wakefield Council if its shops on Dewsbury Road in Wakefield and on High Street in Normanton can do business through the night.

According to the council's list of current licensing applications, both stores are allowed to open from 6am until midnight, although in practice they only do business between 7am and 10pm between Mondays and Saturdays.

On Sundays both are open from 10am until 4pm.

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No further details have been released about why Asda has made the request.

A spokesman for the company, which has its headquarters in Leeds, declined to comment when asked why the application had been made.

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