Fifty jobs will be created after planning permission was granted to build a new restaurant at a leisure park next to Braintree Freeport.

Braintree Council has allowed Braintree Leisure Limited, which runs Braintree Leisure Park, to build an extension to the row of restaurants, which already includes Prezzo and Nando’s.

The extension, which will be built on land next to TGI Fridays, will house Latin American restaurant Las Iguanas and a management suite above.