Plan to turn former animal clinic into hot food takeaway refused
PLANS to convert a former animal clinic into a hot food takeaway have been refused planning permission by officers at Cumberland Council.
The proposal was for a property in Bowman Street in Carlisle and the reasons for refusing the application have not been published by the local authority.
According to the application form the building is described as being vacant since earlier this year and it was a former RSPCA office.
The business would have occupied an internal floorspace with a total area of 48 square metres and it was proposed that it would employ two full time employees.
According to the application the business would have been open between 5pm to 11pm every day, including Sundays and Bank Holidays, and the form adds no one would live at the site.
According to a supportive statement, which was submitted as part of the application, the site is in a residential area with another hot food takeaway in the area on another street corner.
The applicant said: 'The majority of expected customers are presumed to be from the locality so would walk to the premises.
'There would be little or no impact on local residents as customers are expected to be from the locality and customers in vehicles are expected to be limited as the premises are not on a vehicular thoroughfare.
'I do not know of any hot food takeaway that provides dedicated on-site parking provision and the limited number of customers visiting in vehicles are unlikely to restrict the flow of traffic because it is a residential area where there is limited flow of traffic. Parking provision is on the public highway.'
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