A planning application has been submitted for a Tesco Express store in the East Craigs area.

The new shop would be located in Bughtlin Market, replacing a Co-op supermarket which unexpectedly closed last month.

The plans also include a non-illuminated sign at the end of the road. Parking spaces are already located outside the existing parade of shops.

Currently, there is a Tesco Express located less than two miles away on Queensferry Road, and a Tesco Extra in Corstorphine , 2.5 miles away.

Until the new store opens, residents of East Craigs are only served by a Scotmid store.

The wider area has grown significantly in recent years, with hundreds of houses built and more to come in the new West Craigs development .

News of the Co-op's closure was not well-received by locals, par

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