Application for new Greggs pod at Tesco in Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill’s Tesco could get a new ‘Greggs pod’ if a planning application is approved.
The popular bakery chain applied to Mid Sussex District Council to install the structure (Class E(a)) at Tesco Stores Ltd on Jane Murray Way and for associated works.
The proposal also includes an advertisement consent application for four fascia signs, two digital screens and queue barrier signage.
People can view the documents at pa.midsussex.gov.uk/online-applications using reference DM/26/1569.
JMS Planning and Development’s supporting statement said: “The proposed Greggs retail bakery will offer the following baked and convenience goods including: bread, savoury pastries, cakes, sandwiches, soups, salads, pasta, snacks, hot wraps, confectionery, hot and cold drinks and other ancillary items.”
It said these items would be sold for consumption ‘on or off the premises’.
It continued: “The new store will comprise a back of house area and a service counter. This offer will enable visitors, workers and residents within the wider area to obtain sustenance without travelling in their cars.”
The statement said the proposed Greggs would not be classed as hot food takeaway use (sui generis) and would create about six full-time equivalent jobs that would be ‘recruited locally’. It said the application aims to offer ‘an accessible, attractive and affordable bakery’ that would bring lunch and food-to-go opportunities to the site.
The photo montage in the application showed that the pod would be situated where Timpsons currently is and added that Timpsons would be relocated.
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