Starbucks plan for Coats Viyella site
COFFEE shop chain Starbucks wants to build a new drive-through outlet in Derbyshire.
The brand has submitted plans for a site on the Nottingham Road Retail Estate, Somercotes.
If approved by Amber Valley Borough Council in the next few months, the shop would sit between McDonald’s and KFC, which are already in place. The 171 square metre scheme is set to create 25-30 jobs, if approved.
It would complete the regeneration of the former Coats Viyella site, which closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2004 after more than 50 years.
The original scheme for Nottingham Road, approved in 2017, had planned to see a Marston’s pub on the plot.
However, documents submitted by Carney Sweeney on behalf of the coffee shop chain say: “The application site is the only remaining undeveloped plot on the former Coats Viyella site. Whilst Marston’s did submit an application in October 2018…this scheme has not progressed.
“Public houses have been significantly impacted during the Covid-19 pandemic due to a combination of the inability to open and trade along with significant extra costs and reduced ability to generate income when trading has been allowed. Whilst the application site remains undeveloped it is not generating any investment or jobs.
“The proposed development on the site for a coffee shop with drive-through will bring forward significant new investment in the site, thereby generating benefits to the local economy. The Starbucks would have similar food and drink type characteristics albeit its offer would also include a drive-through.
“The application proposals would represent the completion of the development of the former Coats Viyella site.”
If approved, the Somercotes Starbucks looks to be the firm’s eighth Derbyshire store.