'Culinary arts school' boasting its own cafe and takeaway could open at Rochdale business park

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A ‘culinary arts school’ boasting its own cafe and takeaway could set up shop on a Rochdale industrial estate. Proposals to convert a former NHS warehouse at Sherwood Business Park, in Castleton, have been submitted to the council by Haowei Property Ltd.

More recently used as a storage facility for food and kitchenware supplies, it spans 26 metres and stands at nearly eight metres in height.

The applicant believes the spacious two-storey building - at the entrance to the Queensway business park - has unrealised potential.

A planning document submitted to the local authority reads: “ The applicant wishes to develop this underused warehouse as a culinary arts school with a takeaway café to give the students real life training in the hospitality sector, so diversifying the opportunities of the workforce in the surrounding area.” READ MORE: The masterpiece building left blighted by problems - but that is now being restored to its former glory The cafe/takeaway is proposed to open six days a week, with pupils running it under the supervision of a teaching chef from Tuesday to Thursday, while dedicated staff would oversee it from Friday to Sunday.