A SOFT play centre proposed for Barons Quay could welcome up to 90,000 visitors a year, plans suggest.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has put in for a change of use at a pair of units between H&M and Wildwood, to be used for soft play with a cafe and mezzanine level.

The application suggests the development could increase footfall through Barons Quay and the wider town centre.

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Cllr Sam Naylor is a CWAC member for the town centre.

He said: "It has been a long time in the pipeline.

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"I have got grandkids and they have had to go out of town for this kind of facility, so there is definitely a need for it and there's no better place – in my mind – than at Barons Quay.

"It's a good space and it's a facility that can open for a considerable period of time and help increase footfall in the town centre."