The owner has until now been using the premises without permission
A backdated planning application has been submitted to regularise the use of a former taxi booking office in Blackburn ’s Cathedral Quarter Conservation area as a gym. Owner Hamzah Ahmed has been using the premises at the rear of 32B Darwen Street without permission.
Supporting documents submitted with the application say: “The building in which the application site is located forms the rear portion of 32 Darwen Street and specifically the ground floor of part of the two-storey rear outrigger as well as the single-storey extension which is a 20th Century addition and was formerly used as a taxi booking office. Both parts of the building have recently been used as a personal training gym and the application seeks to confirm this use.
“The personal training gym will reinforce the character of the area as a location for small businesses in the service sector. The only physical changes proposed to the building are new windows in the front elevation of the 20th Century extension to provide a more attractive reception area for the personal trainer customers.
“The main building to which the site is attached fronts on to Darwen Street. It is aesthetically degraded and makes a negative contribution to the appearance of the conservation area.
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