A viral ice cream parlour and cafe in Saddleworth is due to get a major makeover. Grandpa Greene’s Luxury Ice Cream parlour off Ward Lane in Diggle will be fully demolished and replaced with a swanky new building.
The new plans for the social media famous destination at the side of the Huddersfield Canal were greenlit by town planners this week. The award-winning ice cream parlour has been operating since 2005 and has a second branch in Uppermill.
But because the Diggle cafe has expanded gradually over time, it now consists of an ‘inefficient’ maze of outbuildings and corridors, which makes it difficult for staff to operate. Built on a ‘slither of land surrounded by greenbelt’, the new one-storey building will be no bigger than the current footprint of the cafe, but have a slightly higher pitched roof of four-metres.
A planning statement submitted by Mark Jones Planning Consultancy states:
“The café is a popular and successful addition to the Saddleworth tourist attractions. The way the café has evolved has resulted in an amalgamation of structures that are interconnected with corridors. “The proposal is to completely redevelop the buildings to form a single portal framed structure that has been purposefully designed inside to become more efficient for the kitchen as well as provide a better dining experience for customers.”
The new asymmetrical design of brick with a slate roof and glass frontage along the canal will remain in keeping with its ‘traditional surroundings’ and will ‘provide fantastic views across the Huddersfield Canal’, according to the planning statement. The improved building will feature 14 additional covers for customers, bringing the cafe’s total up to 68.
The planning application received one objection from the public and one from Saddleworth Parish, who worried about the impact on greenbelt land. But as the cafe would be replacing an existing building and would improve the outlook on the existing site, town planners deemed the proposal acceptable.
The toilets which are accessible to the public will be refurbished and retained, as will the cafe’s 24 parking spaces.
The proposal was granted on condition of the inclusion of two bat boxes in the new design. The owners of Grandpa Greene’s will now have three years in which to start the development.
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