Industrial workshop plan for overgrown wasteland

Plans have been published for the site on Firs Lane which show proposals to build a 58 square metre building which will be no taller than five metres.

Applicant Dale Structural Repairs Ltd said the development has been designed "to provide a practical and functional premises for a small-scale business".

The proposal includes the construction of a single-storey light industrial workshop along with an office, toilet, brew room and space for servicing and deliveries appropriate to the scale of the business.

A design and access report in support of the plans said: “The site is considered suitable for a modest form of employment development, subject to appropriate consideration of its scale, appearance, access, parking, servicing and relationship with neighbouring properties.

“The proposal seeks to utilise an otherwise vacant parcel of land and introduce a small, purpose-designed workshop building.

“The development has been kept deliberately compact in order to minimise its visual and physical impact on the surrounding area.

“The site currently benefits from a dropped kerb access dating back to previous use of the land as a storage compound area for builder.”

The plot has been vacant for several years and has been described by locals as "overgrown" and a "wasteland".

The report added: “The workshop is intended for light industrial and business activity rather than heavy industrial use.

“The nature of the operation will therefore be appropriate to a small premises and will not require significant industrial plant or machinery.

“The size of the building inherently limits the scale of activity that can take place within it.”

Planners will decide on the proposals in the coming weeks.