WORK could soon be starting on the construction of Exeter's IKEA £60m store.
An IKEA spokeswoman said: "Following the recommendation of our outline planning application in January we have been working closely with Exeter City Council to tie up the legal agreements needed to allow them to issue the planning consent for the site, which we expect shortly.
"Once the planning consent is issued we will work towards providing detailed final designs to the council for approval."
A spokesman for the city council said that 'expect shortly' was correct.
IKEA is to be built off the A379, just up from Sandy Park and off the Tesco Extra junction on Newcourt Way.
The 28,000m² store would provide 200 construction jobs and 300 staff posts.
