Coronation Street's set tours are to be enhanced with plans for a new visitor centre at the ITV studios.
A planning application has been submitted for a three-storey Coronation Street Experience building in the compound on Trafford Wharf Road.
It will include a dedicated entrance for soap fans coming to see the set, as well as a separate Corrie and ITV gift shop accessed through a replica Rovers Return frontage.
The ground floor will also house a cafe bar, with proposed opening hours from 8am to 11.30pm, and a 70-seat auditorium where studio tour introductions will take place.
An open plan exhibition space displaying sets from the soap, along with other ITV show memorabilia, will occupy part of the first floor.
It will also feature a multi-purpose projection room, the plans reveal.
The second floor will house conference facilities and a roof terrace covered with a canopy.
The rear of the building will have a changeable backdrop that can be used for Coronation Street filming.
Images submitted with the plans show it dressed with a pharmacy facade.
The Trafford Wharf Road studios opened up for tours in 2018 after the closure of the visitor attraction at the old Quay Street set.
Guests can walk down the famous cobbles and see landmarks including the Rovers Return Inn, The Kabin and Roy's Rolls as well as the recent Victoria Street expansion, which includes new shops, a police station and the Weatherfield North tram station.
But there have not yet been any dedicated visitor facilities on the working production lot.
Tour guests currently meet their guide at The Studios at dock 10, MediaCityUK, before walking over to the site.
The 90 minute tours are available on selected weekend days between 10am and 4pm when filming is not taking place.
A consultation period on the visitor centre closes on March 31, after which it will go before planners in Trafford.
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