HOTEL Chocolat has applied for permission to sell alcohol at its first store in the Bradford district.

The luxury chocolatier this week applied for an alcohol licence for 4 Brook Street – an empty property in Ilkley town centre – next to Café Nero.

The company told the Telegraph & Argus more details about the store would be announced in the coming weeks.

The empty unit on Brook StreetThe empty unit on Brook Street (Image: Google)

The licence bid submitted to Bradford Council is for “Sale of alcohol for consumption on and off the premises from Monday to Sunday, 7am to 10pm.”

People have until August 21 to comment on the application.

As well as chocolates, Hotel Chocolat stocks a number of chocolate themed spirits and liqueurs.

The company opened its first store in London in 2004, and now has over 120 branches. Despite having multiple branches in Leeds, the company has no branches in the Bradford District.