The US fast-food chain announced its plan to build on the Viceroy Indian restaurant in August 2024, submitting official proposals a few months later. However, plans were later withdrawn in April 2025.
Tameside council then sold off land in order to facilitate the build, which led to another application being submitted in November last year. Now those plans have been approved by the local authority.
Lichfields, the developer behind the proposals, will demolish the Viceroy restaurant and replace it with the new drive-thru restaurant. The new site would be accessed off Grafton Street and have enough space for 31 cars.
This would be the first of its kind in Hyde, with the closest McDonald’s restaurant to the town being in Mottram. Bosses at the major restaurant chain said the plan would bring around 120 new jobs to the area as well as further jobs during the construction phase.
The new fast-food eatery would cater for local residents as well as passing motorway traffic, according to planning papers.
After town hall bosses agreed to sell off land to unlock the scheme in October 2025, Tameside council’s executive member for finance and resources, Coun Hugh Roderick, said: “This strategic land disposal supports our commitment to economic growth and regeneration in Hyde.
“It involves selling small plots of unused brownfield land that alone don’t hold much potential nor value but put together they will help deliver a high-quality development and create jobs, as well as generating valuable income to support investment in infrastructure and facilities in the borough.”
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