PLANNERS will decide on whether to allow a new café and ice cream parlour to open next week – but not all residents are sweet on the idea.

Mr S Ahmed has applied for planning permission to to allow the property, in Parkhills Road, Redvales, to be used as a diner.

Approval was granted to convert the premises into two shops in five years ago and work on the building is still ongoing.

The premises has remained vacant at ground floor level, but Mr Ahmed lives in the residential accommodation above.

And despite objections, officers have recommended Bury Council’s planning committee approves a change to the initial application, and allows the premises to be used an ice cream parlour and café.

The report tells members that the authority has “worked positively and proactively with the applicant to identify various solutions during the application process.”

It adds that he two parties had collaborated to ensure the development would be sustainable and “ improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area.”

The officer's report also says residential properties to the rear “would not be seriously affected by the proposal as customers would enter and exit from the entrance on Parkhills Road.”

And it adds that there would be ‘no significant cooking at the café, meaning there would be no need for an extractor.

But the findings of the report are disputed by objectors who have contacted the council to express their concerns over parking, pedestrian safety, and litter.

Debra Melia, of Brierley Street, said: “This is a residential area with more than enough food retailers on the other side of Parkhills Road.

“The parking would cause numerous, potentially dangerous problems, especially with the large number of schoolchildren and nursery kids travelling to and from school/nursery.

“The litter is already a problem for all the other shops and takeaways so another food shop would only add to it!”

And Naz Khan, of Walker Street, has also registered her concerns over the proposals.

Ms Khan said: “The change would cause an increase in “nose, smell and fire risk” which would “ impact negatively on the quality of neighbours' life particularly any children trying to sleep in the neighbouring properties.”

Mehrdad Pourmohamad from Ramsbottom, whom officers assume owns a shop in the immediate area, said: “There is already a problem with parking for the existing shops.

"This property was residential property with restrictions on parking on front and side.

"This is going to cause a serious parking issues."

Bury Council’s planning committee will make a decision on the application when it meets at the town hall on Tuesday at 7pm.