FAST food chain Burger King is hiring workers for a new 82-seat drive-through restaurant in Ross-on-Wye.

Herefordshire Council granted Euro Garages permission in 2011 to demolish an existing restaurant and build two drive-throughs with associated parking at the Ross Spur service station on the A449.

A Starbucks cafe has since been built on the site but construction work for the new Burger King only started recently.

Planning documents say the internal floor area of the restaurant will be 2,734 square feet and the single storey building is expected to be one of the first of a new generation of drive-throughs.

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The site will designate 23 of the parking spaces at the services for customers and there will be two spaces allocated for people with a disability.

"The brief is to bring about the redevelopment of the petrol service station in order to provide good facilities for travellers passing the site, principally from the M50 motorway," architects working on the scheme said when plans were submitted.

"This includes improving the restaurant and forecourt and rebuilding a new and modern service area and customer facilities.

"The view is taken that the subject site is an important gateway to Ross-on-Wye and the surrounding area, much of it being designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

"For many motorists leaving the M50 and travelling in a westerly direction it is one of the first sites which come into view."

Burger King has advertised jobs for site managers, shift leaders and crew members at Ross Spur Services.

The fast food chain and Euro Garages, who owns the site, have been approached for comment.