FAST food chain McDonald’s have submitted plans to open a restaurant in Leominster.

The American company hopes to build the two storey restaurant with a drive-thru and car parking area on land off Baron’s Cross Road next to Morrison’s petrol station.

The new McDonald’s is expected to employ more than 65 jobs and the company says almost all of these will be recruited locally.

Agent Benjamin Fox submitted the plans on behalf of McDonald's Restaurants Ltd and Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc last week, and Herefordshire Council planners are expected to make a decision on the site by the middle of June.