PROPOSALS for a new takeaway in Sholing, which has received almost 80 objection letters, have been earmarked for approval by planning officers.

The application states that the site, on Portsmouth Road, will be converted from a youth drop-in centre – which has lain dormant for more than a year.

Alterations will be made to the building, which include exterior extractor ducts.

Applicant Ozel Ozdemir proposed open hours of 11.30am-10.30pm, Monday to Saturday, and 11.30am-10pm on Sundays.

It comes just four months after Southampton City Council refused a near-identical application for the same premises as the extractor duct was too “visually prominent”. The new application, officers say, solves this by proposing an enclosed system hidden within a brick cladding.

However, the application has received 79 objections from locals.

They have cited noise, odour, parking impacts, additional rubbish, late-night usage, and unclear operating hours as reasons for alarm.

One objector, of Butts Road, said: “Please do not approve planning permission for the new hot-food takeaway because it will drastically affect the health of our community.

“(It) is set to be a doner kebab (takeaway), which will increase the chance of obesity in our community.”

The site is situated next to four other ground-floor commercial premises with flats above. The surrounding area is filled with houses.

Another resident against the plans, of Bramley Crescent, said: “Planning permission will not be beneficial for those who live above that building and the residents surrounding that area.

“The pungent smell will affect the locals very much, and the distance between the houses and the smell are not very far.

“I feel that having another hot-food takeaway is unnecessary and would prefer a shop that offers more to our community, not another food outlet.

“If the hot-food takeaway was to be permitted, this will be the fourth food outlet along that row and there are five shops in that row.

“Is that really necessary? I truly believe (it) will not be beneficial for our community.”

Another local, of Hamtun Road, added: “I feel our voices have neither been heard nor understood from our previous objections.

“I have read through the re-submission thoroughly and saw that they have made some minor changes…the problems still remain unresolved.”

The application will be decided by councillors on Tuesday.