A provisional premises licence has been granted for a new £650,000 Tesco store in the sprawling new Montgomerie Park housing development in Irvine.
The application was considered by North Ayrshire Licensing Board at their quarterly meeting on Monday.
Audrey Junner of Hill Brown Licensing said: “This is an application for a provisional premises licence for a new Tesco Express within the Montgomerie Park development.
“The applicants are PTLL who hold Tesco licences throughout Scotland.
“There have been significant developments in the area for the last nine years.
“About 1000 homes have been built and various planning permissions granted with planning permission granted for more than 225 homes just to the north of the development in the summer.
“Access to local amenities is very limited and planning permission has been granted for a commercial neighbourhood centre as part of regeneration but for various reasons it has not started yet – much to the frustration of many residents and the council as well who own the land.
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“We are very much at the finish line in terms of finishing the deal for the development of the neighbourhood centre and Tesco are seen as the anchor tenant as they would occupy the largest unit.
“Car parking is proposed and access and a service yard. The development will take six to eight months and hopefully by next summer we will be in a position that the neighbourhood centre is off the ground.
“There is a clear, identified need for the shop as part of the planning process. The investment from Tesco is about £650,000 and they would be creating 20 to 25 jobs with three personal licence holders among them.”
The alcohol display area is 24.2m square metres.
Cllr Nairn Angus-McDonald said: “As one of three local ward members who serves this area it is good to see a pre-emptive licence and a focused one.”
Ms Junner said the company would work closely with the new nearby Montgomerie Park Primary School as pupils are expected to use the store, especially at lunchtimes.
Cllr Angus-McDonald proposed granting the licence and it was seconded by Cllr Donald L Reid and unanimously agreed by the Board.
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