The contract to build a new Pendragon Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Cardiff has been awarded.

The £6 million Stratstone centre will be built by Leeds-based APP Construction.

Work is due to start on the 26-week project at the end of April. The project team also includes SRA Architects, structural engineer Eastwood & Partners and project manager Synergy LLP.

The scheme involves the redevelopment of the former Citroen garage on a one-hectare site on Hadfield Road.

It will see the existing workshop refurbished and the current showroom demolished to make way for a Jaguar Land Rover 18-car display area with customer handover bays for both brands, service drive-in and valeting facilities.

This will be the third Jaguar Land Rover dealership for APP Construction. Earlier this month a new £5m Swansway Jaguar Centre opened in Crewe, and the contractor is currently on site for Land Rover in Pickering, North Yorkshire building a new £3m showroom and service centre due to open in August.