DETAILED plans have been submitted for a Morrison's supermarket which would bring 350 new jobs to York.

Planners at City of York Council have received plans for a 82,000 sq ft Morrison's supermarket which are part of a massive 14-acre multi-million pound redevelopment of the council depot in Foss Islands Road.

If given the final go-ahead, the store will feature a Market Street - a collection of individual fresh food counters, including a fishmonger, traditional butcher, in-store bakery, provisions merchant and pie shop.

It would also include a customer caf, where shoppers will be able to enjoy a range of hot and cold snacks and meals each day. A petrol filling station will also be provided on the site.

A spokesperson for Morrison's said: "The Foss Islands development will provide massive benefits for the people of York.

"With new jobs being created for local residents and shoppers benefitting from increased choice and value for money, I feel sure the new store will give a big boost to the area."

In April last year, councillors gave outline planning consent to redevelop the site. The scheme will incorporate a petrol station, restaurant, 75,000 sq ft of non-food retail units and substantial car parking.

Members of City of York Council's planning committee gave plans the go-ahead - but only after insisting that plans for a "green corridor", which would include landscaping, cycle and pedestrian routes, are beefed up by the next stage of the process.

The plans will go before the council's the planning and transport committee in due course.

Meanwhile at a meeting between Coun Ann Reid, executive member for planning and transport, and the advisory committee on Wednesday night, councillors voted unanimously in favour of setting aside £1.078 million for a new link road.

The James Street Link Road scheme will connect James Street, Hallfield Road and Heworth Green in order to divert traffic away from Foss Islands Road, and there would be extra bus and cycle routes to the city centre.

The scheme incorporates a bus priority lane at Walmgate Bar, an extension of the Sustrans cycle route into the city, and a safety scheme to control traffic at the Monkgate roundabout.

Coun Reid said: "The James Street Link has been something that's been a proposal for a very long time and it's only now coming to fruition as that area is developed.

"We are being encouraged to develop brownfield sites and a lot of this area is not particularly pretty."

Updated: 08:37 Friday, January 07, 2005