
The UK's largest and fastest growing coffee shop brand is set to open a branch in Wilmslow.
Costa Coffee will be taking over the unit previously occupied by Wildings camera shop, which closed down twelve months ago.
The wholly owned subsidiary of Whitbread PLC has been granted permission for the change of use of the ground floor at 1-3 Alderley Road from retail (A1) to a mixed use coffee shop. Plans to make alterations to the shop front and create an outdoor seating area have also been approved.
The coffee shop, trading on the ground floor of the premises, will have facilities for takeaway purchases as well as consumption on the premises and will therefore contain a mixture of A1 and A3 uses.
The hours of operation of the business shall be limited to 6.30am to 7.30pm on Monday to Saturday and 7.30am to 6.30pm on Sundays or public holidays.
The planning application states "Costa are very keen to locate within Wilmslow and have identified the application site as being particularly suitable for the proposed development.
"The forecourt of the premises lends itself very well to an outdoor seating area and will create an attractive, welcome and active frontage to one of the main approaches to Wilmslow town centre.
"Enjoying a coffee break whilst visiting shopping or visiting a town centre is now considered to be part of the shopping experience. The provision of coffee shops actively encourages people to stay longer in the area and visit other shops, thereby increasing spend in the area."
The new Costa Coffee shop will create approximately 8 new jobs, a mixture of full and part time.
You can view the application on the Cheshire East Council website by searching for reference 12/1760M.
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