An application for a new retail pod in the car park of a city supermarket has been approved.

Four parking spaces at the Sainsbury's in Pound Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, will be replaced with a Timpson unit.

Services provided by the business will include dry cleaning and key cutting - with the site operating a drop-off and collection point for products. 

Customers will also have the option to either wait on-site or do their shopping within the main Sainsbury's store while work is carried out.

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The pod will be constructed off-site and will consist of a customer service counter, a waiting area and a staff room. 

Plans have been approved despite objections from Thorpe St Andrew Town Council.

The authority questioned "the need for an outside pod and whether it would set a precedent going forward".

The town council also questioned the proposed location of the pod, raising safety concerns for pedestrians and disabled parking users in the vicinity - adding that it "would prefer to see a location on the peripheries of the car park".

Broadland District Council approved the application on the condition that work begins before July 2026.