| 1. | The site is within a local shopping area where applications for a change of use such as this have to be considered against Policy SHP15 of the Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan. Criterion (A) of the Local Plan states that within such areas change of use to take-aways will only be allowed if the proposal does not result in a concentration or predominance of such uses which would detract from the vitality and viability of the frontage; criterion (B) of the Policy states that change of use will only be acceptable providing it does not significantly adversely affect adjoining or neighbouring occupiers by virtue of noise, disturbance and smell and criterion (E) states that such proposals must not significantly affect the character of the area or the local environment.
There are a significant number of existing food outlets in the area and it is, therefore, felt that another such use would be contrary to criteria (A) and (E) of Policy SHP15 in that it would result in an over provision of such uses which would detract from the vitality and viability of the shopping frontage and would adversely affect the character of the local environment.
The proposal, by virtue of the likely consequence of noise, general disturbance and smell that would be generated, would also be contrary to criterion (B) of Policy SHP15 in that it would be likely to have a significant adverse effect on the occupiers of nearby residential properties. |
