Plans also for a shop, a café and classrooms

THE proposed Islamic Centre is planned for a 1.85-acre site with access via the existing Aldi supermarket car park. It will house seven buildings including a two-storey, 2,291sq m mosque with a 18.6m high turret, a halal shop, café, classrooms, two semi-detached houses and a community building. It will have a large grass covered amenity area and a tarmacadam roadway running through it. An area near the proposed site, zoned for ‘future development’, was where some residents had mistakenly thought the Islamic centre was planned to be built.

AN ARTIST’S IMPRESSION: The planned entrance to the Islamic centre THE MOSQUE’S HIGH TURRET The 18.6m turret will tower over the proposed mosque and will be topped off with coloured metal cladding