Fast food restaurant McDonald’s is asking for public views on plans to open a new site at land by Tesco in Manston Road, Ramsgate.
The business says the new drive thru would redevelop vacant, brownfield land to provide the restaurant, a car park with 49 spaces including four disabled parking spaces, four Electric Vehicle (EV) charging spaces, and four motorcycle parking spaces as well as eight short stay cycle parking spaces with two dual access lockers and pedestrian links to the existing Tesco store.
In a statement on the consultation page it says: “Vehicle access to our proposed Drive Thru restaurant would be from the existing Tesco access roundabout on Manston Road.
“The access road will be extended through the car park to serve the restaurant, in addition to new pedestrian links between the restaurant and the front of the Tesco store.
“We are proposing 49 new car parking spaces to provide the restaurant with some minor alteration of the Tesco car park for the construction of the new access road.
“This would bring the combined number of spaces to approximately 350, to serve both Tesco and proposed McDonald’s restaurant. Parking surveys have been conducted indicating that there would be more than sufficient space to accommodate the demand for both uses.
“The Drive Thru lane has been carefully designed and can accommodate up to 29 cars to ensure that no queuing would occur within the Tesco car park.
“Deliveries will typically occur 3-5 times per week at pre-arranged times, where vehicles will unload from the restaurant car park. A Transport Assessment will be submitted as part of the planning application which will consider the anticipated impacts of the proposed development on the local road network.”
The fast food giant says the development would result in approximately 100-120 new jobs in a range of full and part time positions and would generate between £50,000 and £60,000 per year in business rates to support local services.
The business adds: “All of our restaurants are powered by 100% renewable electricity. We recycle all our used cooking oil into biodiesel for our delivery trucks. We plan to source all our packaging from renewable or recyclable materials by 2024 (and) we are committed to sustainably sourced, quality ingredients, from local suppliers wherever possible.”
Ramsgate town’s McDonald’s, in King Street, shut in 2015. It was later taken over by the Haberdashery shop.
