Blue Diamond has won planning permission for its Newbridge, Horsham, garden centre in West Sussex.

The development, which is due to get under way later this year with an opening scheduled for Spring 2018, includes an extra 3,000 sq.m. of sales space and a second restaurant. The existing restaurant will also be enlarged.

Blue Diamond’s Coton Orchard site in Cambridge, acquired before Christmas, is due to be redeveloped this summer, with planning proposals for Fermoys (Devon), Harlow (Essex) and Fryers (Cheshire) awaiting outcomes.

The company is also understood to be investigating a small handful of greenfield sites