Agenda item

(a) Access, rear of 28A Station Road, Morton

(b) Hairdressing salon, 53 Frognall

Report No. PLA528 by the Development Control Services Manager

             (Enclosure)

1.            Access rear of 28a Station Road, Morton

Decision:-

That, as it is considered that there has not been a breach of planning control and the situation does not raise highway safety concerns, it is not expedient to initiate any enforcement action regarding the access at the rear of 28a Station Road, Morton

In his detailed report PLA528, the Development Controls Services Manager set out the background to a complaint which had been received concerning the construction of an access to the rear of 28a Station Road, Morton.  A gate had been erected to the rear of the property and access was gained onto the private track/road which served properties to the rear.

The original outline planning approval was given over 40 years ago but the owner of one of the properties at the rear had taken issue with a recently constructed access which had been formed to the rear of 28a Station Road.  Lengthy investigations had been undertaken into the terms of the original approval and into an allegation that there had been enforcement action undertaken in the past.  No record existed of any enforcement notice and the situation regarding access being gained over the private road was a private matter for both parties to resolve.  It was not considered that there was any planning or highway safety concern and it was therefore recommended that enforcement action be not taken.  It was proposed, seconded and agreed accordingly, as noted above.

2.            Hairdressing Salon 53 Frognall

Decision:-

That authority be given for the appropriate enforcement action to be taken with regard to the unauthorised use of 53 Frognall as a hairdressing salon. 

In his report the Development Control Services Manager told members that the site was a residential property located on the north side of the narrow village road which ran from east to west through the village.  A complaint had been received in October 2004 concerning the movement and parking of vehicles in and around 53 Frognall, where a hairdressing salon business was being conducted.  In 1996 the occupants of the property had enquired whether planning permission was required for use of their garage as a hairdressing saloon on a very restricted basis.  Advice was given that no planning permission was required on the basis of the information given at the time, but the applicant was advised that should circumstances change and the business expand, it was expected that the authority would be advised.

This had not happened but an investigation had been undertaken and it had been established that 10 to 12 clients visit per working day; staff were employed at the premises; the hours of working were not adhered to as per the letter of October 1996 and the days of operation were being exceeded and also did not accord with the letter of October 1996.

It was evident from the information gathered that there had been an intensification of the hairdressing salon use, and it was considered that the number of clients, additional days and hours of operation and employment of staff were having an impact on the street scene of this village environment, and that enforcement action would be appropriate.  It was accordingly proposed, seconded and agreed that enforcement action be taken.