London-based developer Stanhope has been awarded reserved matters consent for the £80m Old Market development in Hereford, which will include a six-screen Odeon cinema.

Extensive retail accommodation and restaurants will also form part of the mixed-use scheme, which has been designed by Allies and Morrison and Leslie Jones.

Herefordshire Council leader John Jarvis said: "We are very pleased that Herefordshire Council's planning committee has given us the go-ahead to progress the Old Market.

"We are excited that this will now pave the way for us to begin demolition and construction in earnest in the new year."