Plans have been submitted for Hotel Chocolat to open a branch in Hereford.

The store will be placed in between Marks and Spencers and WH Smith on High Town, according to the planning application.

Full interior shop fitting works, repainting of the existing shop front, display windows and new front signage are proposed.

The store could open in September although a firm date has not been set, according to Hotel Chocolat.

The shop will also sell the brand's 'Ice Cream of the Gods'.

The UK chocolate company started online in 1993, before the first Hotel Chocolat store opened in London in 2004.