Sector: Commercial
Application Type: Change of Use
Location: Weedon, Northamptonshire
Local Authority: West Northamptonshire
Warner Planning positively engaged with West Northamptonshire Council to submit a planning application to obtain change of use for a bungalow from residential use class C3 to form an enlarged Veterinary Practice use Class E in Weedon, Northamptonshire.
The plans also included enlarging and upgrading the existing parking area, closure of a vehicle access onto the A5 Watling Street, new boundary treatment and site wide landscaping.
The principle of this development was supported by local policy which supports proposals which sustain and enhance the rural economy and specifically supports the retention and expansion of businesses in their existing locations. The loss of one single dwelling was also not deemed to outweigh the economic benefits that the expansion and growth of an existing business within a sustainable location would have, and the potential loss of the facility should they not have been able to expand would have been detrimental to the local community.
As the application involved the closure of the vehicle access onto the A5, Warner Planning worked closely with a Transport Planning Consultant and the Architect to provide the Council and National Highways with detailed information and plans to support the application.
The application was subject to the requirement to provide a minimum 10% Biodiversity Net Gain. The proposed development was predicted to meet this requirement with a 21.46% gain in area habitats and a 19.10% gain in hedgerow habitats.
The application was duly approved by the Council subject to conditions.
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