APPROVAL has been granted for plans to build a restaurant and parking in Wardle outside Nantwich.

The application was for land alongside the A51 Nantwich Road and the Shropshire Union Canal.

The council previously gave permission for a Little Chef and Travel Lodge to be built on the site in 1989 and this application was only slightly different in terms of layout.

Councillors expressed concern about the speed of traffic on the Nantwich Road and felt an extra turning in the road could cause dangers.

The application was approved with conditions including landscaping and hedging of the site.