A shop front in Biddulph town centre is to be given a new lease of life after a planning application seeking permission for its reconstruction was approved.

The plans relate to the Off The Rails clothing store on King Street.

We reported back in December that they had been submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council.

The application sought permission for: "Reconstruction of existing shopfront by inserting new steel beams to support the load above. Also the replace, repair and repoint any existing damaged brickwork."

Diagrams submitted as part of the application explained how the shop's signage will be removed and replaced with new signage, with the area around the signage to be reconstructed due to the erosion of steelwork supporting the shop front.

Brickwork in the area, the plans explain, is also in poor condition or disrepair, and will be removed, replaced, raked or repointed.

The window above the shop front will also be removed, with the brickwork around it again being rebuilt.

The application stated: "Due to water damage, penetrating dilapidated mortar joints, over a period of time this has caused corrosion of the existing supporting steelwork to the shopfront opening. This has caused the shopfront to move and the brickwork to bow; and become structurally unstable."

The shop's usage will remain the same, while the first floor will also keep its use as a two-bedroom flat.

The district council's planning officers approved the application this week.

A report by the council's officers concluded that the plans would not cause an adverse impact on the surrounding area.

It stated: "Support of this scheme in principle is acceptable and unquestionably a positive move in terms of supporting regeneration."