A RETAIL owner wants to display a new illuminated shop sign board at his premises.

Umar Farooq, who owns a dessert cafe called Swirlz, has submitted an application to Hyndburn Council for the erection of a new sign board.

The plans come after the council granted permission for a change of use at the same property from a retail store formerly known as Aw-rite Petal to a desserts cafe last month.

In a letter to the council, Mr Farooq said: "The shop sign we are proposing to display is for the sole purpose of advertising the name of our business and with the additional words of waffles, ice creams and shakes in reference to the products we sell."