Plans for redevelopment of Thorpeys Takeaway in Cabus take step closer
Plans to turn a historic former Cabus takeaway into new business units have taken a step forward.
Back in April 2025, permission was granted to demolish Thorpeys Takeaway on Lancaster Road and in its place erect two new buildings providing a total of four commercial units with associated parking.
Thorpeys Chippy- as it was known locally- closed in 2023 but it had been an eating establishment for decades before that- first the Falcon Restaurant and then a Little Chef between 1970-2008.
The building has now been demolished and before work on the new business units begin, more details have come to light, with a further two applications submitted to Wyre Council earlier this month.
The first application seeks to vary condition 2 (plans) attached to the original planning permission, with the new application form stating this is because “the applicant wishes to change the orientation of the sloping roof”.
New plan drawings show that the sloped roof of the units will now be at their highest to the rear of the buildings, as opposed to the front.
The second application then sought the approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Material samples), 9 (Cycle store details), 10 (EVCP details), 11 (Refuse storage details), 12 (Drainage scheme), 13 (Landscape habitat creation and management scheme), 14 (Landscaping details).
The attached planning documents provide more details on all the listed conditions, which were not provided in the original, approved, application.
In their consultee response, Lancashire County Council Highways stated that conditions 9, 10 and 11 could be discharged (i.e. approved).
Another consultee, tree officer Ryan Arrell wrote: “I have looked at the Landscaping plan and consider it to be appropriate in terms of details provided relating to existing and proposed trees along with schedule and specification relating to the latter.”
Both applications were validated on Wednesday March 18 and have a consultation period running between Monday, March 23 and Monday, April 16.
A decision by Wyre Council is then due on both applications by Wednesday, May 13 at the latest.
You can read the full planning applications for yourself here.