A drive-through coffee shop creating 12 jobs is proposed for a former car showroom site in Huddersfield.

The site at Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, has been vacant since Sandal BMW and Mini moved to a new site at Leeds Road about two years ago.

A planning application submitted by Huddersfield-based Acumen Designers and Architects Ltd on behalf of an unnamed client, calls for the redevelopment of the car showroom to provide a drive-through coffee shop with 33 parking spaces – most of those provided by the site’s existing car park.

The application said the coffee shop would include a service counter and a lounge area with indoor and outdoor seating – together accommodating about 60 people.

A report submitted by Acumen to Kirklees Council planners said: “The coffee shop will be independent and not part of a national chain, although the format of the shop and the products on offer will be similar to other large coffee chains such as Costa Coffee and Starbucks.”

It said the existing building would be retained with some modifications while the kitchen and drive-through service area would be sited behind existing walls. Front-of-house would make use of the building’s floor-to-ceiling glass facade.

Landscaping would include adding plant beds around the building and bounding the site.

The report said the coffee shop would complement the existing DW Gym next door as well as serving passers-by, the area’s large student population and people employed at other local businesses.

It said there had been little interest in the building for re-use as a car showroom and that by approved the plans, Kirklees Council would be helping to support “the existing commercial gym and the vitality of the town centre”.

It said: “The original purpose of the building is obsolete, which has subsequently left the building derelict. The development brings new purpose to the building and the potential for local employment and new leisure facilities for the area.”

The deadline for public comments on the plan is June 28.

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