The offices above a well-known town centre shop can be converted into flats - but the upper storey of a small restaurant and takeaway would provide an apartment too small to live in happily, council officers say. TOWN CENTRE: A proposal to convert part of a restaurant in Morley Street has been turned down because the flat would be too small. Mr C Shah put in a proposal to use the upper storey at number 31, currently an Indian restaurant and takeaway as a one-bedroom apartment, using the space currently used by diners.
The plan needed an extension to the upper storey, but the flat would still have been too small, according to council planners, offering residents ‘poor amenity’. STRATTON ST MARGARET : A laundrette put up at the site of the BP Garage in Bridge End Road can stay. ME Group International’s retrospective application to keep the laundry has been approved.
TOWN CENTRE : The offices above a shop in Commercial Road can be converted into flats. GS Ferdinando Estate Trust has been given the go-ahead to convert the two storeys of office space above the Gurkha Minimarket Asian grocery store into six flats. Each storey would hold one two-bedroom flat and two single-bed apartments.
TOWN CENTRE : The rear of a large shop unit in Regent Street in the main shopping area can now be turned into a meeting hall and events space as developer A Rodrigues’ plans are approved. The proposal is to use half of the rear of the New Look fashion store at 55-61 Regent Street for the sp.