Town's 'great pyramid' to become giant curry house

A landmark dubbed "The Great Pyramid of Stockport" will be turned into huge curry house after planners gave the idea the go-ahead.

UK restaurant group Royal Nawaab has been given the green light to turn the glass-fronted former Co-operative Bank building into an Indian restaurant big enough to feed up to 1,500 diners at once.

The steel-framed pyramid, which is visible from the M60, was built on the edge of the town centre in 1992 and was occupied by the bank until 2017.

A Royal Nawaab spokesman said customers could look forward to "a level of luxury and uniqueness never before witnessed".

The ground floor will become a 360-seat buffet restaurant with a "lavish" banquet hall.

Up to 680 people could be served on the first floor, Stockport Council planners were told.

Smaller restaurant rooms, an office, and storages spaces are planned for the floors above.

The Royal Nawaab group, which runs 11 restaurants in the UK and Europe, said it expected to create about 100 full-time jobs and about the same number of part-time roles.

Earlier this year, the pyramid inspired a single called The Great Pyramid of Stockport by Manchester spoken word musician Antony Szmierek.

A number of other pyramids were originally planned for the area, which has come to be know as Kings Valley, a nod to the modern structure's ancient Egyptian architectural heritage.

Stockport Council planning committee member Mark Jones described the pyramid as "one of the most iconic buildings in Stockport".

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