New Burger King Drive-Thru To Open At Out-Of-Town Supermarket
- Rufus Pickles
- 35 minutes ago
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A new branch of Burger King will open in the car park of Isle of Wight supermarket, creating up to 35 new jobs.
County Hall gave planning permission to BKUK Group Ltd and Tesco Stores Limited to build a new branch of the fast-food restaurant giant with related landscaping and car parking at the Tesco Extra near Ryde.
The new drive-thru restaurant will be built on an underused area of car parking at the Brading Road site, mere metres away from fast food rival McDonald’s.
A statement prepared by planning consultant Firstplan said:
“The proposal will provide a new leisure offering and attract new footfall at the site.
“The scheme will generate 35 local job opportunities and would comprise a highly sustainable form of development.”
Explaining the decision, planners said the proposal would provide ‘inward investment into the Ryde area’.
“The proposed development would not have a detrimental impact on the character of the area and would offer soft landscaping enhancements to the application site,” their report said.
“It would not have any negative impact on neighbouring amenity levels by way of overlooking, loss of privacy, overshadowing or loss of light.
“There have been comments received relating to concerns of littering in the area.
"Burger King’s ‘Environmental, Social and Economic Statement for Planning’ has been submitted demonstrating the measures the company is taking to reduce littering and other issues associated with fast food outlets.
“Officers are therefore satisfied that the submitted plans include areas for commercial waste and that there would be litter bins on site for the public and the company does consider the wider environmental impacts and are taking steps to address this.”
Island Roads said the development could increase traffic on the northern section of Brading Road by four per cent, something which was not considered to be ‘significant’.
The council attached 13 conditions to comply with national legislation and Island planning policy and for the purposes of highway safety, adequate drainage, environmental protection, public health and local amenity.