A company is returning to Halstead.
Brands Direct Barbados Ltd had been based in Greenstead Green from 1994 until about three years ago, when it moved to Felsted.
The firm, which supplies products to major supermarkets, now wants to move to the site formerly occupied by DIY shop Mellons, in Kings Road, Halstead.
Brands Direct has 20 staff - half of them from Halstead - and has applied for planning permission to partially demolish the existing shop and buildings.
The remainder will be refurbished to house its head office and land not needed will be developed into three two-bedroom terraced cottages, which will be sold on the open market.
Braintree Council will consider the application at a later date.
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