A NEW takeaway pizza site is set to open in a former tanning salon site in Southend as plans are granted.

Tops Pizza has had planning permission granted to “change the use of ground floor tanning salon to hot food takeaway, install extract flue to side / rear and alter front elevation”.

It would be located at 82 Sutton Road, Southend.

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Tops Pizza currently has one south Essex site which is located in Billericay, and so this would be the first for Southend.

The proposal says external alterations would consist of a new glazed shopfront with a central door.

The internal layout would consist of a shop floor with ordering counter, kitchen / over area, and a rear prep area and cold store.

Opening hours would be 11am until midnight on Monday to Friday, and 11am until 1am on Saturday, and 11am until midnight on Sunday and Bank Holiday.

Tops Pizza was contacted for comment by the Echo but are yet to respond.