"Successful Bradford business" has drive thru plans approved
It's currently not known which food or restaurant business is behind the drive-thru plan
A “SUCCESSFUL Bradford business’” plans to open a drive thru restaurant on a busy route into the city centre have been approved.
The new 82 cover restaurant will be built off Thornton Road – next to a new Starbucks Drive Thru that is due to open later this year.
Details of which business will be taking it on have yet to be revealed, but the application says it will be a new branch for “a successful Bradford based food and restaurant business known for running fast food and casual dining outlets.”
The application, by Mi7 Projects Ltd, was submitted this Summer, and was approved by Bradford Council just before the New Year, with planners saying it will “have a beneficial effect on the local economy.”
The large site on Thornton Road is already undergoing some major developments, with a new low carbon energy centre under construction.
The Starbucks drive thru is also close to completion, and proposals for a new data centre next to it are progressing through the planning system.
Just before Christmas a planning application for an aparthotel, shops and a rooftop café at a neighbouring plot of land were submitted by Mi7 Projects Ltd.
The application for the drive thru said the business would help “establish a vibrant food destination along Thornton Road.”
Referring to the un-named business, it says: “The company currently operates around 15 outlets and plans to expand nationally with an additional 20 to 30 new units expected to open later this year.
“This proposal is designed to celebrate their identity in a prominent Bradford location.”
Approving the application, planning officers said: “(The development) would have a beneficial effect on the local economy.
“The size of the unit and the nature of the type of business means that the development will provide a number of jobs that will contribute to the growth of the local economy.
“The site has been vacant for many years. This development, along with the redevelopment of the rest of the site, beings the site back into an economically beneficial use and see a prominent site making a positive contribution to the City Centre Action Plan area.
“No restricted opening hours are proposed, meaning that the building could operate 24 hours a day.
“The site is not in a sensitive location where residents could be disturbed and it is not, therefore, necessary to restrict the operating hours.
“The wider area is the subject of planned redevelopment which would introduce residential units closer to the site, however, that development has not commenced.
“It is necessary to consider applications on the basis of the situation at the time of determination.”