Signs for a new drive-thru Costa Coffee in Dumbarton have been given the green light - despite planning permission for the cafe being refused.
Members of West Dunbartonshire Council’s planning committee rejected planning permission for the drive-thru, which would have been situated on Glasgow Road near the Morrisons supermarket, last December.
That refusal is now the subject of an appeal to the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division however, and councillors were told this meant under planning legislation, the council could not withhold determination of this application for the illuminated sign pending the outcome of the appeal. It also means granting the application does not imply that the drive-thru coffee shop is now acceptable.
