Council chiefs have rejected the proposal
Controversial plans to turn a religious retreat house in Preston into dozens of bedsits have been kicked out by councillors – because of the impact the change would have on neighbours. Preston City Council ’s planning committee rejected a proposal to convert the former Xaverian Mission Spirituality Centre, on Sharoe Green Lane in Fulwood, into a 30-room “house in multiple occupation” .
Cllr Maxwell Green claimed the document was “a copy-and-paste job from easily accessible versions online”. He said that while it suggested there would be “a site manager of sorts”, the planned development demanded a 24-hour presence. “From my point of view… has been put together just to satisfy the request from this planning committee and I…would imagine it doesn’t reassure the local residents,” Cllr Kulbacki said.
Although the council’s own planners had recommended the proposal be given the green light, the committee remained unconvinced and ultimately rejected it – on the grounds of it leading to an “unacceptable over-concentration in the use of the property, which would harm residential amenity the character and appearance of the area”.
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