A planning application to install a new "nano-brewery" on a Biddulph industrial estate has been granted approval.

Biddulph Nub News reported previously how a Mr G Whalley recently submitted an application for permission to add the brewery to his storage and distribution site on the Brown Lees Road Industrial Estate in Knypersley.

The brewery would be located at unit 3D, which is currently occupied by a mechanical contracting company called Sovereign Planned Services.

A statement submitted on behalf of the applicant explained that the nano-brewery would "represent a diversification of the applicant's existing business".

The statement added: "The brew room will be used for the production of ales, including mashing of barley, boiling wort, fermenting the brew in sealed tanks, and then conditioning the product in tanks and kegs. It will be a small-scale venture and will not require the use of any noisy machinery."

The brewery will also create one additional full-time job, and two additional part-time jobs.

At a recent meeting of Biddulph Town Council's Planning Committee, councillors supported the plans, feeling that a new local business would be positive for the town.

Staffordshire District Council's planning officers gave the final approval to the plans this week.

A report by the planning officers stated that the application represented a "compatible small scale business diversification on an established employment site within the town of Biddulph."

If you would like to view the application in full, visit the district council's website here.

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