If all goes according to plan, Michael and Jeanne Glaude will bring some rock ‘n’ roll to Scarborough.

The Glaudes are planning to build a restaurant they call the Rock ‘N’ Roll Diner. Their inspiration, they say, is from a few sources: a similar diner in Waterboro, Michael Glaude’s classic cars, the couple’s travels in their camper that always included pit stops at diners and, of course, ’50s and ’60s music.

“I always enjoyed that type of music, even as a kid,” said Glaude, who hopes to have final approval from the Scarborough Planning Board at its next meeting, Monday, Jan. 8. He first brought the plans to the board on Dec. 11.

If he does receive approval, said Glaude, he plans to break ground by the end of this month, with an opening date of late spring – just in time for summer tourist traffic.

Glaude, a Scarborough resident who has run Glaude Construction for 25 years, said the diner will have ’50s-style seating and booths and a juke box that will play “old-style music.” The 2,900- square-foot, classic-looking diner will be on Route 1 in Dunstan Corner, and will seat about 95, said Glaude.

A little over a year ago, the couple sold Silver Springs, a campground they started in Saco, said Glaude. Their own road trips in RVs, which included many meals at diners throughout New England, helped form their idea to open a diner in Scarborough. The four-acre plot on the corner of Route 1 and Broadturn Road will include a parking lot that can accommodate a few campers Glaude expects will come down Route 1 and from Bayley’s Campground.

The diner is modeled after a diner in Waterboro owned by a family friend, said Glaude, and will have the same shiny, metallic exterior. The restaurant, though, doesn’t meet Scarborough’s design standards. Those standards cover such things as architecture, signage, lighting, entrances and exits, parking and landscaping.

But Susan Auglis, board chairwoman, said Friday that the design standards are not meant to make Scarborough “cookie cutter.”

“I personally don’t have a problem with the way the lot is looking,” said Auglis. With the parking lot in the rear, said Auglis, the project is more appealing.

“We’re not talking thousands of cars here,” she added.

Auglis also added that New England once had many diners, and she expects a diner on Route 1 could do well.

“I really do think there’s a large market for this type of thing,” said Auglis.

In the end, she added, the board’s first responsibility is to public health and safety. The diner’s entrance and exit from Route 1 will be a right-turn in and right-turn out to prevent crossing busy lanes of traffic.

This will be the Glaudes’ first foray into building a restaurant, but he is confident that the diner will be a success.

“This is a fun experience. It’s an awesome diner,” said Glaude, who added that it will not keep traditional hours – it won’t be open around the clock.