A LEGAL challenge to plans for a new £20 million retail park in Westfield in Cumbernauld has been dropped after developers L&S Broadwood reached an agreement with the owners of Cumbernauld Town Centre and the Antonine Centre.

The two town centre operators had objected to North Lanarkshire Council’s decision to grant the site planning permission, leaving the development in legal limbo for the last six months.

The settlement means that L&S Broadwood can now press ahead with their plans to bring some of the biggest names on the High Street to Westfield including M&S Simply Food, Aldi and Home Bargains.

Bryan Wilson, L&S Broadwood development director, said: “We are absolutely delighted.”