A ROWLEY Regis pub wants to create an outdoor area with seating for customers and a helicopter on display.

The Four Ways Inn on Portway Hill has applied for a two-storey platform in its rear garden.

On the lower deck there would be seating for 60 customers and on the top deck there would be a helicopter.

The application states that if approved there would be "construction of an outdoor raised platform to display a Westland Lynx AH Helicopter and creation of restaurant seating for 60 customers beneath the platform."

The pub previously submitted two applications to build an outdoor seating area - both were turned down by planners who said it could lead to more cars travelling to the pub, which may not be able to get onto the car park, and cause traffic issues on the nearby four-way junction with traffic lights on Newbury Lane.

The pub had said that it needed more space to "accommodate the same number of customers" due to the "general desire to maintain social distancing" and that "if customer numbers cannot be maintained the business becomes unviable."

The new application was validated by Sandwell Council on November 3 and will be considered by planners.

It can be viewed on Sandwell Council's planning website under application DC/23/68809.