A STREET food business is set to open a new restaurant and takeaway in Winchester serving dishes based on ancient grains and diverse ingredients.

Marse: The New Delicious, which is currently a stall on Middle Brook Street on market days has applied to Winchester City Council to transform a unit on the edge of The Brooks.

The eatery is planning to move into the unit currently occupied by Ballet Pointe, which sells ballet clothing for children.

The application states that the premises “will be used for the sale of hot food for consumption in the premises as well as off the premises within use within class Sui Generis”.

A floor plan on the application indicates that there will be just five seats available within the restaurant, alongside a counter.

A description on its website states: "Marse: The New Delicious, as a small catering business brings amaranth and other underutilized ancient grains on your plates using new & innovative as well as traditional food recipes from Nepal and around the globe. Currently, we have “The New Delicious” food made out of 6 ancient grains of amaranth, buckwheat, millet, spelt, rye and red rice and also 9 types of beans and pulses.”

If the business is given planning permission, it is expected to take on a five-year lease from the expiry of the existing lease.

The planning statements reveals that the company could be given two months rent free followed by two months at half rent.

To view the application, go to https://planningapps.winchester.gov.uk/online-applications and search 21/01716/FUL.