DREGHORN residents are up in arms about plans for a new chip shop in the village.

Planning bosses at North Ayrshire Council are currently considering an application for a new sit-in/takeaway chip shop at 2 Milton Road.

But the plans have not sat well with Dreghorn residents who have voiced their concerns about parking and noise issues.

Frank Haine is the man behind the proposal and in the planning statement submitted to the council, he claims people in the village have shown a “great interest” in his plans.

Dreghorn already has a chip shop in the Main Street as well as six other takeaways.

Mr Haine says he intends to employ staff locally in the premises (previously used as offices) and help create jobs in the community.

His aim is to have two chefs, around three to four sales assistants and two delivery drivers with the shop opening between 12 noon and 11pm.

And such was his confidence about the proposal, Mr Haines believed he would receive no objections from the public.

But he was sadly mistaken as eight residents made objections to NAC’s planning department.

They all raised issues with the already high number of takeaway shops in the Main Street and the amount of litter accumulated over the weekend.

Fears were also voiced about the parking situation in Milton Road as the premises is located next to a cul-de-sac.

Residents in the street say they regularly encounter problems with delivery drivers blocking access to their driveways.

There was also concerns about the new chip shop adding to the village’s problem with apparent noise problem from pubs.

And it isn’t just residents who are against the plans.

The council’s roads department says Milton Road in its present layout is not for increased traffic likely to be generated by the proposal.

Mr Haine states that there are more than 20 spaces in Main Street that customers could use and insists the residential area would not be disturbed.

Environmental Health also want full details of the extraction system to remove cooking odours and products of combustion.

The application is still under consideration by planning chiefs.