Signs for Starbucks at new A14 eastbound EG On The Move Elmswell Services, between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, go up

Signs for a Starbucks at a new service station off the A14 have gone up.

The outlet at the under-construction EG On The Move Elmswell Services, off the eastbound carriageway between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, is now adorned with the iconic logo of the international coffee chain.

The station was originally slated to open in October, but an EG On The Move spokesperson told SuffolkNews last month this had to be pushed back to this month due to constraints with a power connection. This has now further been rescheduled for the start of December.

In addition to the Starbucks, the services will have a Greggs and a Subway, as well as a petrol forecourt station and convenience store.

The brands for these have not yet been confirmed.

The station will offer the complete range of traditional fuels and there will also be a new ultra-fast smart EV charger hub.

A second drive through plot to complement the Starbucks should be delivered early next year.

It will have more than 60 parking spaces.

In October, signage plans for the service station were submitted to Mid Suffolk District Council.

These detailed a sign which would be affixed to the convenience store reading ‘Welcome to Elmswell Services’.

Woolpit Parish Council objected to the plans, saying the 12 metre multi-brand totem facing the A14 was ‘disproportionately large’.

Elmswell Parish Council also objected to the signage plans. It said the application ‘seeks to impose a suburban result’ in a rural location.