Pavement licence plan as Uppermill flower shop taken over by bistro

A FORMER flower shop in Uppermill is set to be converted, with a hoped-for pavement licence.

Caffe Grande Veloce has taken on what was simply called The Flower Shop on High Street, just yards from its main site.

Caffe Veloce planned for Uppermill High Street. Image by GGC Media

And as work on converting it into one of its Veloce outlets continues, it has applied to Oldham Council for a pavement licence to place tables outside it, close to the pedestrian crossing.

If approved, customers would be able to sit outside the premises daily.

The business already has one of its Veloce branches on High Street but the plan is to close that outlet to relocate to the new site to extend its offering to customers.

The site of the former ‘Flower Shop’ on Uppermill High street. Image by GGC Media

Any objectors have until May 21 to lodge their concerns after the proposal was put forward on April 29. Oldham Council’s licensing department will decide whether to approve or dismiss the application.