Retrospective plans to change a bedroom in a residential property into a hair salon have been approved by councillors.
Applicant Maxine Robinson had both opposition and support for her proposals at her house in Addingham Gardens, Armley. She told the south and west plans panel she provides a personal service to older clients, a lot of whom do not drive.
She was supported by Councillor Kate Haigh (Lab, Farnley & Wortley) who said the hair salon business would generate traffic “not much more than a traditional family home”. She added Ms Robinson “has been at great pains to get this process right”.
Objector, neighbour Anne Cameron raised issues with privacy, parking and access. She said her garden was now a ‘no go area’, and had concerns over noise and quality of life in a residential area.
Her concerns were backed up by Councillor David Blackburn (Green, Farnley & Wortley), who had previously raised concerns over parking and traffic issues in a small cul-de-sac.
A council report said there were 55 representations on the proposal, 34 in support and 21 in objection.
South and west plans panel chair Councillor Paul Wray (Lab, Hunslet & Riverside) said: “Many of us work from home and many of us do not have planning permission to use part of the house as an office. This does have more noise attached to it. But this issue is about impact on the wider street, not the change of a particular room.”
Councillors voted unanimously to approve the plans, subject to conditions including hours of operation, 20-minute intervals between sessions and the number of staff and hairdressers’ chairs will be restricted to one.
The full agenda and council report can be read in full here.
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