Agenda item

25/00283/FUL – Application for change of use of the existing detached garden room located in rear garden to a hairdressing salon (Use Class E) with associated works.

(In making its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), the views of the Council’s Highway Engineer and Environmental Health Officer. Three letters of objection were taken into consideration, alongside the views of the Applicant’s Agent whom the Committee heard).

RESOLVED – That Planning Permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

1.      A3 Implementation Limit (Three Years)

The development hereby permitted shall be commenced not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON - To accord with the provisions of Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990.

2.      The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plan, as detailed below:

·       Proposed Site Layout Plan to Rear Dwg. No. 25.109 04 Rev A

·       Proposed Elevations Dwg. No. 25.109 05

·       Proposed Block Plan Dwg. No. 25.109 06

REASON – To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the planning permission.

3.      This permission shall be solely operated for the benefit of the applicant, Karen Whitehouse and shall not run with the land. And whilst Karen Whitehouse shall operate the business with the assistance of Jenna Whitehouse, only one person can operate from the facility at any one time. And in the event of Karen Whitehouse vacating the premises the detached garden structure shall revert to a use ancillary to the main residential use of the application property.

REASON – In granting this permission the Local Planning Authority has had regard to the special circumstances of the case and wishes to have the opportunity of exercising control over subsequent use in the event of Karen Whitehouse vacating the premises.

4.      The hair salon hereby approved shall not be open for business outside the hours of Tuesday to Friday (4 days per week) from 8am to 2pm, one Saturday per month between 8am and 12 noon and there shall be no opening on Sundays, Mondays or Bank Holidays. The business shall also operate on a booking system with no overlaps as outlined in the submitted revised Design and Access Statement dated 28th April 2025.

REASON – In the interest residential amenity.

5.      The detached timber garden structure shall be used only as a hair salon and for no other purpose (including any other use in Class E of the schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order).

REASON – The Local Planning Authority is satisfied that the use hereby approved would not result in detriment to adjoining properties but would wish to control future changes of use within the same class in the interests of amenity.

6.      Notwithstanding, details included in Condition 2 above, the ambulant disabled steps and handrails shall be installed prior to the commencement of the use and shall remain in place for the lifetime of this use.

REASON – To accord with Policy IN2 of the Darlington Borough Council Local Plan (2016- 2036).

7.      Notwithstanding, details included in Condition 2, a minimum of one parking space within the curtilage of the property shall remain available for use by customers during the approved operational hours.

REASON – In the interest of highway safety.