A NEW Tesco store is set to open up in Plymouth with a 24-hour facility, it has been revealed.
The retail giant is to build its new Tesco Express near Mutley - less than half a mile from an existing branch.
The new convenience store at a busy junction on Alexandra Road will double up as a petrol station.
Tesco won planning permission for the scheme almost a year ago but is now in talks with the council over its final designs.
Bosses have submitted planning applications for the advertising hoardings, signs and 24-hour cash machine that will be at the site.
The store will spring up on the site of the former Texaco garage, known locally as the Vale Service Station.
That closed several months ago and the former petrol station has been empty ever since.
Two new student flats blocks are now nearby, including one on the site of the recently-demolished St Augustine's Church.
Tesco has asked Plymouth City Council for permission to put up three signs, including one which will be illuminated, as well as bollards, plant machinery, the all-night ATM and advertising hoardings.
When built the new Tesco Express will have 13 car parking spaces, including one disabled space and four cycle spaces.
The store will be built from scratch after the old Texaco pumps are demolished.
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