The Isle of Wight Council has given the green light for Burger King to open its second Isle of Wight restaurant in the car park of Tesco Extra in Ryde, creating up to 35 new jobs.
County Hall has given planning permission to BKUK Group Ltd and Tesco Stores Limited to build a new drive-thru Burger King, with associated landscaping and car parking, at the far end of Tesco’s car park off Brading Road, Ryde.
The fast food restaurant will be built mere metres away from fast food rival McDonald’s, as previously reported by Island Echo.
The 2,500sqft Ryde restaurant will boast 45 inside covers, a drive-thru lane, dedicated click & collect parking bays and outside seating. It is proposed that the outlet will be open daily between 07:00-23:00.
The development will mean the loss of 95 parking spaces for Tesco, but 20 parking spaces will be created for Burger King – a net loss of around 75.
The introduction of another chain takeaway in Ryde is huge news for local residents, who often feel the town is overlooked by retailers despite having the same population size as Newport.
Explaining the decision, planners have said the proposal will provide ‘inward investment into the Ryde area’. Their report states:
“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.
“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 has said the development could increase traffic on the northern section of Brading Road by 4%, 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.
Just what the Island needs, another purveyor of junk food.
You only have to walk past McDonald’s in
Newport on a weekday, full of youngsters
eating junk food after school.
I don’t think parents cook for their children like
we did in the old days for our children.
It’s a recipe for disaster.
I am surprised Tesco are allowing it.
Too think all those Boy & Girl numpty
racers will be clogging up the car park
as if we don’t have enough problems with
the McDonald’s car park which causes
unnesseccary tailbacks for us motorists
who don’t want to eat junk food.
Why after all these years is there no traffic
control at McDonald’s!!
Should cut down the traffic queue outside Muckdonalds because they can go onto this new one, they sell the same old garbage in there.
But please stop calling them a “restaurant”
Note, the planning department indicates they now take into account “loss of light” which is good to hear.
That will add to the McDonald’s litter in the streets.
These fast food establishments should charge
extra costs and then redeem the extra costs
when they the empty packaging / wrappers.
Atleast there will now be a variety of empty burger boxes, drinks containers and wrappers littering the surrounding areas. It is said variety is the spice of life.
It’ll be burger wars, you Mark my words. The pavements will be covered in burger sauce and soggy gherkin slices. God help us all!