An artisan ice cream business is set to open an expanded café with outdoor seating.
Higher Woodhill Farm on Woodhill Road in Bury, a former poultry farm, now operates as Jersey Girls Ice Cream.
The business rears high cream Jersey cows to produce the ice cream, and also sells milk to the well-known Longley Farm Dairy.
In the past week, it has been granted permission by the council to convert and extend an agricultural building to create a café, toilets, kitchen and two classrooms along with a kiosk and outdoor seating.
Jersey Girls Ice Cream is at the access point to Burrs Country Park, a 36-hectare parkland site owned by the council.
The farm is close to Burrs Country Park (Picture: Jersey Girls Dairy Ice Cream)
In planning statements provided in support of the application, Jason Entwistle, of Mrs M Entwistle and Sons said: “Over the last three years, the sale of the ice cream has proved to be extremely successful.
“The demand for the ice cream is very high and the ever increasing demand has now led to this application as the current set up in the existing containers cannot offer all of the products and services that the customers would like.
“The farm’s diversification has enabled continued dairy farming at Higher Woodhill Farm in a profitable way.
“Jersey Girls Dairy Ice Cream currently process the milk, manufacture the ice cream and sell it all from the existing containers on site.
“Together with this, they sell ancillary items such as tea, coffee, soft drinks, sandwiches and snacks.”
The new café building will also enable visitors and school groups to observe some of the animals at the farm.
The planning statement, added: “In addition to serving a more varied range of food, the applicants will be offering educational visits to local schools and nurseries in the two class rooms illustrated on the floor plans submitted with this application.
“The children will then have the opportunity to look at the animals in the pens in the north of the building.”
The extension of the business is expected to create a number of jobs.
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