Plan to expand Tunnock's factory for future demand

A planning application was submitted to expand the Uddingston bakery, located at 34 Old Mill Road.

According to documents, the extra space would be added to the building's third floor, currently home to a concrete roof deck extending to approximately 800 sq ft m and used for ventilation and cooling.

Documents explained that this plant would be removed and the site extended upwards, enclosing the space with a new roof and walls.

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This new area would be used as an independent packaging store, completed with windows.

From the outside, the facade would remain blank "to avoid overlooking the residents of properties on Bellshill Road".

The application stated: "It would provide supply resilience and future-proof the present factory to accommodate the anticipated increased worldwide demand for Tunnock's products."

The man who invented the Tunnock's Teacake Boyd Tunnock with his Tunnock Teacakes at their (Image: PA)

It continued to say that there are currently 534 staff members on-site and this plan, which is accepted, would not increase this number but "it will help secure the existing jobs through more efficiency in handling and great availability of packaging".

The factory, which produces legendary sweet treats such as teacakes, snowballs, caramel logs and caramel wafers, has been based at the South Lanarkshire town since 1960, having been established in 1890.

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Applicant Bill Gow, of Thomas Tunnock Ltd, also added: "there will be no change in the number of goods vehicle movements per day, indeed these may reduce as packaging deliveries can be larger and fewer in number given the improved storage capacity proposed".

Glasgow City Council planning bosses are considering the application and a decision is expected in due course.