A NEW Costa drive-thru could be coming to Taunton Deane Motorway Services between junctions 25 and 26.

Roadchef Motorways has submitted a planning application to build a ‘drive through catering unit with associated roadways’. A second application seeks advertisement consent to display new signage on the store front.

If the applications are successful, the new branch, along with six illuminated signs, will be built on an eastern section of the northbound services.

The design appears to follow a typical Costa drive-thru store with an order point, menu signage and a collection kiosk. No indoor or outdoor seating can be seen in the plans.

The northbound services already has a Costa branch next to McDonald’s but it is unknown what will happen to the existing store.

The applications are part of Costa’s plans to expand its stores in Somerset, with new branches set to open in Wellington and Bridgwater.

Views are welcome from the public until Friday, June 28, with Somerset West and Taunton Council making a decision on Monday, July 8.