Planning Committee (Wirral Council) (27th June 2013) APP/13/00574 5 Speedwell Drive, Barnston, CH60 2SY Change of use of garage to dog grooming parlour

Planning Committee (Wirral Council) (27th June 2013) APP/13/00574 5 Speedwell Drive, Barnston, CH60 2SY Change of use of garage to dog grooming parlour

Continued from Planning Committee (Wirral Council) (27th June 2013) APP/13/00574 5 Speedwell Drive, Barnston, CH60 2SY Change of use of garage to dog grooming parlour.

Matthew Davies: Errm the first condition, restricts this approval to the approved plans whilst restricting the number of dogs present at any one time and the number there will be exactly the same err also exactly the same. Because it’s a minor proposal and a change and an errm minor change proposed to condition seven, errm at the moment it simply restricts errm the use of the rear garage door in relation to the business.

Errm we wanted then that to be expressed by the impact as that’s the same, that’s the door that leads to the garage door purely during business hours that the door, errm the rear garage door errm will be restructured and will remain closed.

Cllr Bernie Mooney (Chair): Do we have a petitioner that would like to come forward for this petition? OK, will you just come forward and please sit there. Errm, can you see the silver button? Well to use the microphone just press that and give us your name and address please. You can have five minutes.

Ronald Watt (petitioner): OK.

Cllr Denise Roberts: If you could move the microphone to your mouth.

Ronald Watt (petitioner): OK, can you hear now?

Various councillors together: Yes.

Ronald Watt (petitioner) Good evening Chair and Planning Committee, my name is Ronald Watt and I’ve been asked by the petitioners to speak on their behalf. Madam Chair, that’s why I’ve come to see you this evening, thank you very much for letting me speak on this petition. Can I just assist you and ask if it’s possible for the Chair to give out some small photographs because they’re intended to support the clarity of our objections?

Cllr Bernie Mooney (Chair): You can pass them round ok.

Ronald Watt (petitioner): Thank you. Before I go onto my statement, my petition is of thirty-eight dwellings of Speedwell Drive, Speedwell Close and Carol Drive.

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Planning Committee (Wirral Council) (27th June 2013) APP/13/00574 5 Speedwell Drive, Barnston, CH60 2SY Change of use of garage to dog grooming parlour

Planning Committee (Wirral Council) (27th June 2013) APP/13/00574 5 Speedwell Drive, Barnston, CH60 2SY Change of use of garage to dog grooming parlour

The report on this agenda item (APP/13/00574 5 Speedwell Drive, Barnston, CH60 2SY Change of use of garage to dog grooming parlour) can be found on Wirral Council’s website.

This continues from Planning Committee (Wirral Council) (27th June 2013) OUT/13/0040 41 Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, CH43 9RZ.

Matthew Davies: Thank you Chair, through you Chair, errm just remember there’s a qualifying petition as outlined in the details for this application as well.

The proposal is for the change of use for the garage to the property for a dog grooming parlour. The applicant outlines their intention to set up a business at the residential property, initially establishing a customer base for the dog grooming business facility. The garage is detached from the house with running water to the garage which appears to be well run.

The key issues to be considered to be essential are noise and disturbance and highway issues. Errm, considering the first, errm in this instance, the scale of the development as outlined is modest, the garage itself is five and a quarter metres by two and half metres which actually limits the activity which will be absorbed.

Conditions I’ve proposed have been agreed by the applicant to restrict the number of dogs to no more than two at any one time and no more than five in a given day. Hours have also been agreed by the applicant which restrict operations to 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 9am till 1pm on Saturday. There are no hours proposed on a Sunday.

Lastly, noise insulation will be required to the garage door which has been approved and no access is proposed through this garage door. Given these perhaps restrictive conditions it’s not considered unacceptable levels of noise in ordinary terms would arise nor be high through access.

Considering highway safety, the development may lead to a small increase in movements on the highway and a slight increase in demand for off street parking. However the scale of the development is modest and the structural impact upon it is minimal and no cause for highway safety issues. Given that conclusion reached the application is recommended for approval subject to the conditions as outlined.

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